18 Dupont Wire Tips and Tricks

[@ddegn]

The SN-28B crimper came with a connector set and I used it for a while. I never liked ir. I saw in the comments under a different video that the Dupont connectors should be crimped with the SN-025 crimper. They were correct. *The SN-025 works much better than the SN-28B.* I used to buy a variety of connector styles like the ones you show. Both female and male ends. I eventually stopped buying the male style ends since the pins were so flimsy. I now only purchase female style Dupont connectors and use a long header pin to change it to a male connection when needed. This works much better.

[@AnotherMaker]

I may have to check out the SN-025 (amzn.to/3ZWNBRk) for those interested). The long header pin is an interesting idea. Thanks so much for sharing.

[@brentgoeller8257]

​@AnotherMaker those look exactly like the crimpers I have. I could not, for the life of me, figure out how to find the correct set of teeth to use or how to line up everything correctly. And it just seemed like a whole lot of excessive mechanical force for such a tiny connector. On the flip side, they work great for crimping spades onto 14 guage wire.

[@gmaxf]

I enjoyed watching all 18 tips, learnt a lot, thanks you !

[@joshuayoung4723]

Holy cow. Very useful. I also have 3d printed some wire clamps to hold jumper wires on a arduino type board. There are also some online, but you may have to adjust depth for your board and wire terminal housing size.

[@generaldisarray]

Merry Christmas AnotherMaker, I hope you and yours are having a fantastic holiday season. 🎅🏿🎅🏿🎅🏿☃☃☃🎄🎄🎄 Thanks for all the excellent videos in 2024, and I look forward to more content in 2025...

[@AnotherMaker]

Same to you! It's been a nice holiday. Happy new year to you and your family. Thank you for the kind words.

[@N3krodamus]

Excelent video, 18 usefull tips. Cheers

[@MrParrothead60450]

Great tips to store away for future use. Thanks! Merry Christmas and a happy new year.

[@ddegn]

There are some errors in the video. The SN-28B is the correct style of crimper for Dupont connectors. The SN-025 is a better option.

[@AnotherMaker]

Thank you! Same to you and your family.

[@CorvusCorps]

Check to see if your dupont wires are magnetic. If they are you will get funky results. Unless the guage is different you will have increased resistance.

[@patrickcallahan2210]

Engineer has a newer plier that can do both types of crimps (jacket and wire) for Dupont-style connectors (PA-24).

[@AlanEvans721]

I'm curious Mr. maker. Do you make your living prototyping/small batch mfg things for people? How does one get started doing that? How do people find your services? How do you deal with support? Say something goes into the field and becomes mission critical for your customer, do you offer support? New engagements? Thanks. Merry New Year and Happy Festivus.

[@AnotherMaker]

Thank you1 I don't know if I've ever told the story. I'm going to be on the www.youtube.com/@SimpleElectronics podcast at the end of the year. I may make it a point to tell the story. I'd say that the prototyping is only a small part of my business but it's significant. And that part gets broken down in 2 parts. 1. Things I manufacture to support my hardware. 2. Things that are 1 off. For #1 I often build hardware interfaces for places (like factories) that interface with my software. Those are all treated as 1 thing. I just support those along with the software. It's kind of nice because if the AI doesn't work, it's my job to figure out if the software is broken or the interface to the software is broken and they like not having to worry about that. For #2 It's almost always for trade shows like CES and SEMA. Most of the time no one else could do whatever it is they need, so they're honestly happy at any attempt I make at it. I'll try to talk more about it this week.

[@AlanEvans721]

@AnotherMaker thanks. I'm subbed to @SimpleElectronics also. I'll keep an ear out for the podcast.

[@brentgoeller8257]

fun facts, I needed a custom dupont 3x2 cable a few years ago. I ordered a kit exactly like the one shown in the video and I fell for the stupid trick of getting a massive crimper with it. I got so frustrated trying to use that crimper and found MUCH better luck just using the crimpers on my wire strippers. Grant it, that crimper has been quite useful for other projects, but NOT for making dupont cables. All that said, I really wish I had watched this video then because it never even occurred to me to just sacrifice a few of the individual cables to move them into the 3x2 connector I needed. Geez of flip would this have been useful like 5 years ago.

[@AnotherMaker]

Thanks for sharing. Yeah. It's hard to explain how much bad crimpers can ruin the whole experience. They're truly awful.

[@AJB2K3]

I find the wires on these suck and break more then the pins or of too narrow a gauge. I have the Weierli Tool SN287B

[@AnotherMaker]

I haven't run into that a ton, but I do see a lot of variance. I tend to buy a few "samples" of them, do some testing, and then buy them by the hundreds, so my stock doesn't vary much.

[@im2geek4you]

They don't make those Dupont cables like they used to, at least the one I get from Aliexpress... Nowadays they are super stiff and have a bad tendency to not make good contact in the crimping part of the connector. I wish they made them with silicone wire instead of cheap stiff plastic.

[@CorvusCorps]

The ones from AliExpress these days are magnetic, meaning they're made with pot metal/iron/steel.

[@sneekypeet]

Oh, 20 cm? So, like, two-thirds of a football, but with less patriotism?? 😆

[@AnotherMaker]

An American football. Not one of those communist round ones.

[@sneekypeet]

@@AnotherMaker lmao.