On Mon, Oct 7, 2019 at 4:00 AM Poul-Henning Kamp <p...@phk.freebsd.dk> wrote: > > -------- > In message > <CAPyrVOhgJufrjau1ZF_h6TxCpnBx=vi_++gf4ss8yqhhnzo...@mail.gmail.com>, Michael > Smith writes: > > >A mil-spec connector must be crimped with a routinely CALIBRATED" crimping > >tool specified by the connector manufacturer, or equal. > > You forgot the bit about "X percentage of all crimps must be destructively > pull-tested" > > If people want to learn about connections, soldered, crimped and otherwise > some very good articles can be find in the BSTJ around the time when they > invented wire-wrap.
Additional good reading on this topic is NASAs' "WORKMANSHIP STANDARD FOR CRIMPING, INTERCONNECTING CABLES, HARNESSES, AND WIRING", at https://nepp.nasa.gov/files/27631/NSTD87394A.pdf It really is a fascinating and useful read. W > > -- > Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 > p...@freebsd.org | TCP/IP since RFC 956 > FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe > Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > and follow the instructions there. -- I don't think the execution is relevant when it was obviously a bad idea in the first place. This is like putting rabid weasels in your pants, and later expressing regret at having chosen those particular rabid weasels and that pair of pants. ---maf _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.