Undoing crimps

[masona]

Is it posible to undo crimps with the racket crimper?

Or is it clean cut the wire and start again?

 

[andy]

Is it posible to undo crimps with the racket crimper?

Or is it clean cut the wire and start again?

cant be done. if you do manage to undo it, you will weaken the metal in the crimp so its more likely to give way/snap

 

[masona]

Okay, the plug is so awkward of pulling it out of the IP56 socket (have to move it up, down & sideway to release it.) I was going to replace the socket unless I can spray lightly a Servisol super 10.(switch cleaning lubricant) If so, is it safe to do so?

 

[andy]

Okay, the plug is so awkward of pulling it out of the IP56 socket (have to move it up, down & sideway to release it.) I was going to replace the socket unless I can spray lightly a Servisol super 10.(switch cleaning lubricant) If so, is it safe to do so?

why would needing to re-use the crimps effect removin the socket?

 

[breezer]

cant remember what its called or who makes them, but i have seen a "plastic stp thing" that you put over the plug pins before you plug it in.

It loops over the plug, and the excess forms a loop for you to use to make pulling the plug out easier. i actually think they are meant for old and infirm people, not that i am implying anything you understand

 

[masona]

why would needing to re-use the crimps effect removin the socket?

OOOh doh ! I just replace the first part of the socket instead then, I wasn't thinking straight as I was going to replace the whole socket meaning undoing the crimps to get the back box out. I have a 2x 4-core SWA cable going through the socket box as a ring-main with crimps.

cant remember what its called or who makes them, but i have seen a "plastic stp thing" that you put over the plug pins before you plug it in.
It loops over the plug, and the excess forms a loop for you to use to make pulling the plug out easier. i actually think they are meant for old and infirm people, not that i am implying anything you understand

I'm not ready for that yet

BTW, can I use Servisol super 10 (switch cleaning lubricant) spray lightly on the socket to make plug pulling out easier

 

[Qedelec]

Generally switch cleaning lubricant is not conductive so should be ok.
To be doubly safe chack with the manufacturer.

 

[kendor]

Generally switch cleaning lubricant is not conductive so should be ok.
To be doubly safe chack with the manufacturer.

it would worry me more if it wasn't conductive and had insulating properties which may lead to bad contact and arcing of the pins and receptors.

 

[plugwash]

switch cleaner lubricants are insulating. switches and sockets are designed to put sufficiant presure on contacting to push through any thin layers of anything insulating so this shouldn't be a problem. a conductor that could bridge over the switch would be far worse.

 

[Qedelec]

Thank you plug for vindicating my post, and on my birthday too. Only 11 years to go before I can hang up my knee pads

 

[masona]

Any idea what happening with the plug pull-out stiffness?

What if I lightly spray the plug terminals?

The socket only 6 month old

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Take a file to the plug pins....

 

[Qedelec]

Ban you didn't mean that I'm sure. Masona might have thought you were being serious.

Masona. You could try a little silicone grease available from RS or Maplins.
Furniture polish also contains silicone grease. Try scaping some from around the nozzle and apply it to the plug pins.
Please dont spray into the socket as the suspension solvent may be conductive