Re:NASA Workmanship Guide for wire splicing
by cuSetanta on Friday February 02, 2024 @09:27AM
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Have used this site a lot over the years, really useful resource. I wish ESA was more willing to do this sort of guidance document rather than just the requirements.
Re:NASA Workmanship Guide for wire splicing
by dotancohen on Friday February 02, 2024 @04:32PM
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NASA has some terrific workmanship videos as well. Here is the one on soldering techniques: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RXugDd0xik
Re:NASA Workmanship Guide for wire splicing
by ProllyInfamous on Saturday February 03, 2024 @09:32AM
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Even as a retired IBEW electrician, I learned several "workmanship tips" from this wonderful assembly guide:
Something that I definitely "did wrong" for decades was over-twisting stranded wires before inserting them into a crimp connector. According to NASA's guide, the correct way is to strip the wire and insert it without additional compaction. Their reasoning makes sense: leads to individual strand breakage and/or loose crimps.
Related, double-crimp terminals are designed to have one crimp over uninsulated wire, the second (closer to contact/space/barrel) mates with the stripped copper. Similarly, for twist-post connections, the first 1.5 twists should be of insulated wire, and then several more of stripped conductor.
Pretty darn cool little site, will have to mirror it.