Hundreds of times in my life, I have gone to the internet to figure out how to do something that I'm sure is possible but that I've got no clue how to start I wish that this is what I got each time Seriously sir, I've already seen bits of at least three or four other videos on this topic and gotten nowhere, and then this gem shows up. I don't think I've ever even commented on a video on TH-cam before, that's how strongly I feel about the quality of this thing
I agree with other comments that your video focus and steadiness and closeups really make this the video to watch for a step by step instruction to get the hang of this crimping of JST-XH connectors. Your commentary was also clear and concise. Thank you so much. I am encouraged to try again.
Great video. I ruined several connectors until I watched this one. The 2mm stripping length is the key to good stable connections. Thanks for the effort and great job.
Excellent video Chapster! Thank you for explaining in a clear way and with sharp image as well! Never saw the 2mm stripping information in any other videos. Maybe add a dupont connector video in the future as well! Cheers
You just rescued me from huge amounts of frustration! Your opening comment is correct, there are a ton of videos on how to do this process, but none are VISUALLY clear. I also like the way you remove the wing from the crimp. Great tutorial! Thanks!!!
Thank you for the clear instructions and detailed video on crimping JST connectors. I appreciate the way that you labeled the parts and tool, and showed the complete process, including the removal of an improperly inserted wire.
Sir this is the information I wanted the 2 mm in my mind ended up as 4 after you said 2 I looked using my calipers so that strip length is very short and at the same time correct! My crimper dies are 4.65 mm so I use a T pin "straight" pin will do to place the terminal into the die but then I push it into the die from the long tab side to make sure that I do not get any of the connector part into the crimper. I now can do this job as it was intended without wasting termination parts and time. With what you showed here with some paying attention anybody should be able to do these like a pro. I used to work in a wire center of a major corporation. So I know just how critical the job is. My job was to pull the harnesses other people terminated them. I am doing this at home now for my personal project. Thank you for taking the time to make this video. I knew I wasn't doing it right and that is how I got here! I know I am 3 years late to comment but the info is still as correct today as it was then.
You have my gratitude, as I am someone who's having constant issues with back pain, and the only thing that relieves these is a massager which is battery powered (it won't run off of an AC adapter, just off of battery) - and the battery died a couple of months after the warranty expired. It turned into an interesting project (and a race against time, as my back pain comes and goes and I kinda felt it coming on again), so I bought a replacement battery but it came without connectors, just cables. Removing the old battery, establishing the type of connector, finding the right crimping tool, the housings and all of that took almost a week for Amazon to deliver, I booted up the PC, started Your video, went through the steps (and a few of those sockets as I hadn't made the cable get "caught", due to me initially using the wrong size jaws) - and now, I'm looking at the massager charging, cautiously optimistic as the back pain is creeping up on me. A small sense of pride and joy is overwhelming me as I see the charging status lamp blink at a stable rate. Once again, thank You so much for such a good instruction.
Great tutorial! I appreciate the camera zoom and focusing on the details that a lot of other viseos missed. This video helped me repair my laser a couple of years ago and I had to come back to it today to help get my 3D printer fixed. Thank you!
This is greatly appreciated video. There were any number of small things which are really helpful and the close up is really beneficial. Thank you for your effort.
Watched a few of these crimping videos and yours was the best. Some videos forget to mention the tab or "pin" as you called it, to leave it outside the crimping jaws pushing up against the side of them. This little details is what was sets this video above the rest and allowed me to execute my first perfect crimp in one try. The 2mm of stripped area was also good to know. Thanks again.
Thank you for really understanding that zoom and focus is everything in this kind of video! Strip the wire to 2mm and then place open end up in the crimping tool. Perfect!
Thank you for this clear concise video!!! Perfectly shows how these wires end up in the housing which no one else seems to show. If you don't know what to search for, you can't get anywhere. This was exactly what I needed.
Thank you for making this video, this was excellent and exactly the close up detail i was looking for. I really appreciate you taking the time to put this out there for folks like me. Hope you have a great day sir.
I've been looking for a clear quality video describing in full how to do this and this is BY FAR! The best video tutorial I've found. If i could rate you on trustpilot I would. Thanks so much!
I've been struggling with crimping these pins but after this video I crimped one perfectly. Thank you. I bought a IWISS SN-01BM and it works great after watching your video
Very good video! I was having trouble with all these Amazon crimpers that come with JST/Dupont kits that were only for DuPont pins and were running my JSTZ pins. Now I know what to look for!
This is just about perfect. This video corrected several mistakes I was making. Unfortunately, I now see that I have the wrong tool (crimper die is too wide) but now that I know how it's supposed to work, I can get the job done anyhow. Thanks so much!
yeah i bought estmoon crimper kit and they say 4mm in their documentation as well. so seems to be a lot of places saying 4mm. thank you for the very detailed video as I couldnt see it very well using their documentation
Nice clear and concise video. The best inexpensive JST-XH crimpers I've found are the Iwiss IWS-3220M. I purchased mine on Amazon for $22.59 US. They actually have a comprehensive instruction manual with large lettering attached to the package. A joy to use and make excellent crimps.
Thank you for this video. After watching half a dozen to try to figure out what I was doing wrong, your video help me realize I was crimping the hook that locks into the connector. It was driving me crazy trying to figure it out
Thank you. I`m from Brazil and it was extremely hard to find a video following the correct procedures for this connector. It appears that most of the people out there use generic Dupont crimpers or simply ignore the external pins in the connector. Once again, thanks for it.
fabulous video Chapster. I have seen other videos and noticed that they didn't use the ratchet crimper that came with their set, but purchased another tool, a lot thinner and required a two stage operation. 1/ separating the wire and 2/ sheathing crimping! I think they had the right tool all along (as your video showed) but didn't know how to use it. I find it ironic that I could not easily find the thinner crimper but that the internet is awash with the proper tool. Grateful for your top notch video showing the 'easy' way to do it too.
Got my crimper today and you method worked fine.. The only thing I find is holding the the little beggars.. they are so tiny.. in the end i put one on the pin at the back of the JST socket (came with the assorted JST connector kit) you then have something to hold when offering up connector to the crimper head.
Alan Brown Great idea. I’m used to holding the small pieces so practice helps. When I first started doing these I used a pair of fine tweezers that worked fairly well. Thanks again for commenting Alan. 👍
Nicely done presentation. Personally, I favor the Iwiss SN-2549 crimper - it's the "illegitimate love child" of a SN-01BM (specifically for JST-XH connectors) like you show here, and the Iwiss SN-28B (which is aimed specifically at Dupont connectors, and if you're a little bit careful, can be used for doing Molex connectors as well) in one tool. Since I use all three types fairly regularly, having just one tool that can do all three is a BIG plus to me. Aside from the different jaws, the rest of the tool is identical, and it's possible to order different jaws that can be swapped into/out of the rest of the crimping tool as needed, though I haven't needed that capability so far.
FYI, despite being widely marketed as being for “DuPont” connectors, the SN-28B is actually _very_ unsuited to DuPont connectors! The insulation die has the wrong shape (DuPont needs a circular insulation die) and because the SN-28B is designed for much larger contacts (it’s designed for 2.8mm spade connectors), the finished crimp is much wider than it should be, which often leaves the contacts crimped too wide to easily insert into the housings. I don’t know why the Chinese vendors insist on selling the SN-28B for DuPont, when it would cost no more to make dies that actually fit the DuPont contacts fairly well. (Surely a circular die shape is easier to machine than the m shape!)
The other slot in the crimper is for a slightly larger connector socket. It can be used for the JST connector if you are trying to get away with using a larger wire than the connector is intended for. You can do that to get by in a jam, but I wouldn’t make a habit of it. Thanks for your comments.
Do you have a video showing how to make the other end connected to a wire, instead of mounting it to a board? I want to make connections for quick connections to replace thermistors etc but not sure how the connecting wire on the other end goes together.
Rich, The JST XH series is really designed to be a "B2B" or board to board interconnect and I don't think JST makes the end that would normally go on a board in a format to be placed on the end of a cable. Quite often people will make their own by soldering wires to the board socket and put heat shrink over the solder connections and I have done this myself. A word of caution if you use that method, once the pins on a B2B connector have been heated for soldering, they loose a little of their grip within the plastic part of the connector allowing them to be pulled/pushed out. If you make your solder connection quick so you don't have to get the pin very hot it should work ok as long as you push the two connectors together carefully. Otherwise you can push the pin right out of the connector. I do believe that someone makes a crimp style connector that does what you are looking for that looks a lot like the JST-XH series as I have seen them on Ebay but I'm not real sure they will fit with the JST-XH connector. My best suggestion would be to look at the Molex "Micro-Fit" series of connectors. Both ends (sockets & pins) work with the same crimper (SN-01BM) as the JST-XH series and the polarized interlocking of the connectors is secure. Hope this helps. Here are some part numbers if you want to check out the Molex solution... Pin housing (2 pin): www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Molex/43640-0201?qs=%2Fha2pyFadui6dPA5%2FogRphLt3q2AbW0jNqq9k6Of4ew%3D Socket housing (2 pin):www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Molex/43020-0210?qs=%2Fha2pyFaduj5jJAitLLkl140tgX%2FFhAHOfKkdQlAGmIRbROBeeV9Tg%3D%3D Pins: www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Molex/43031-0001-Cut-Strip?qs=Dbnw6jgPYP7qIb%252B%252BSMzZGA%3D%3D Sockets: www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Molex/43030-0009?qs=%2Fha2pyFaduh7zI%2FCLmN5TyJ9CEZyVLI3X7TErMGzN2o%3D
Hundreds of times in my life, I have gone to the internet to figure out how to do something that I'm sure is possible but that I've got no clue how to start
I wish that this is what I got each time
Seriously sir, I've already seen bits of at least three or four other videos on this topic and gotten nowhere, and then this gem shows up. I don't think I've ever even commented on a video on TH-cam before, that's how strongly I feel about the quality of this thing
This is the best JST crimping video on you tube.
I agree with other comments that your video focus and steadiness and closeups really make this the video to watch for a step by step instruction to get the hang of this crimping of JST-XH connectors. Your commentary was also clear and concise. Thank you so much. I am encouraged to try again.
Thank you Petro for taking time to leave the feedback. I’m glad my video has helped!
Great video. I ruined several connectors until I watched this one. The 2mm stripping length is the key to good stable connections. Thanks for the effort and great job.
Excellent video Chapster! Thank you for explaining in a clear way and with sharp image as well!
Never saw the 2mm stripping information in any other videos.
Maybe add a dupont connector video in the future as well!
Cheers
You just rescued me from huge amounts of frustration! Your opening comment is correct, there are a ton of videos on how to do this process, but none are VISUALLY clear. I also like the way you remove the wing from the crimp. Great tutorial! Thanks!!!
Very clear and precise - exactly what is needed to create a quality crimp connection and much better than other videos out there. Thank you!
Thank you for the clear instructions and detailed video on crimping JST connectors. I appreciate the way that you labeled the parts and tool, and showed the complete process, including the removal of an improperly inserted wire.
Sir this is the information I wanted the 2 mm in my mind ended up as 4 after you said 2 I looked using my calipers so that strip length is very short and at the same time correct! My crimper dies are 4.65 mm so I use a T pin "straight" pin will do to place the terminal into the die but then I push it into the die from the long tab side to make sure that I do not get any of the connector part into the crimper. I now can do this job as it was intended without wasting termination parts and time. With what you showed here with some paying attention anybody should be able to do these like a pro. I used to work in a wire center of a major corporation. So I know just how critical the job is. My job was to pull the harnesses other people terminated them. I am doing this at home now for my personal project. Thank you for taking the time to make this video. I knew I wasn't doing it right and that is how I got here! I know I am 3 years late to comment but the info is still as correct today as it was then.
Excellent, excellent video. Great focus and detail, and great demo on how to remove the pins.
You have my gratitude, as I am someone who's having constant issues with back pain, and the only thing that relieves these is a massager which is battery powered (it won't run off of an AC adapter, just off of battery) - and the battery died a couple of months after the warranty expired. It turned into an interesting project (and a race against time, as my back pain comes and goes and I kinda felt it coming on again), so I bought a replacement battery but it came without connectors, just cables.
Removing the old battery, establishing the type of connector, finding the right crimping tool, the housings and all of that took almost a week for Amazon to deliver, I booted up the PC, started Your video, went through the steps (and a few of those sockets as I hadn't made the cable get "caught", due to me initially using the wrong size jaws) - and now, I'm looking at the massager charging, cautiously optimistic as the back pain is creeping up on me. A small sense of pride and joy is overwhelming me as I see the charging status lamp blink at a stable rate.
Once again, thank You so much for such a good instruction.
This is BY FAR the best video I've seen for doing the JST XH connectors the right way! THANK YOU SO MUCH!
This is the kind of video one never appreciates until you're looking to do the thing in it, thank you!
Great tutorial! I appreciate the camera zoom and focusing on the details that a lot of other viseos missed. This video helped me repair my laser a couple of years ago and I had to come back to it today to help get my 3D printer fixed. Thank you!
Excellent video! I just bought my first crimper and JST connection set, and your video gave me all the information I needed to start. Thank you!
This is greatly appreciated video. There were any number of small things which are really helpful and the close up is really beneficial. Thank you for your effort.
Perfect: informative, detailed and no BS/filler. Thank you!
Watched a few of these crimping videos and yours was the best. Some videos forget to mention the tab or "pin" as you called it, to leave it outside the crimping jaws pushing up against the side of them. This little details is what was sets this video above the rest and allowed me to execute my first perfect crimp in one try. The 2mm of stripped area was also good to know. Thanks again.
Thank you for really understanding that zoom and focus is everything in this kind of video! Strip the wire to 2mm and then place open end up in the crimping tool. Perfect!
ive been looking way longer than I thought for a CLOSEUP video of crimping those small ass connectors. THANK YOU
Thank you for this clear concise video!!! Perfectly shows how these wires end up in the housing which no one else seems to show. If you don't know what to search for, you can't get anywhere. This was exactly what I needed.
thank you so much, you explained what others skipped or didnt fully show about crimping these connectors
Thanks! Never worked with this kind of connector before, you've helped make it look much more straightforward.
The SN-01BM crimping tool worked well. Wish I had come across this video earlier.
Wow this is monumentally helpful! Thank you for taking the time to go into visual detail!
FANTASTIC! Thank you, that's a great presentation of how to crimp!
Best JST connector video I have found. Good job!!
Thank you for making this video, this was excellent and exactly the close up detail i was looking for. I really appreciate you taking the time to put this out there for folks like me. Hope you have a great day sir.
I've been looking for a clear quality video describing in full how to do this and this is BY FAR! The best video tutorial I've found. If i could rate you on trustpilot I would. Thanks so much!
You're very welcome! Thanks for the comments!
Thank you for the best video on this topic I've seen. Informative and to the point!
Thanks for the well thought out presentation
I've been struggling with crimping these pins but after this video I crimped one perfectly. Thank you.
I bought a IWISS SN-01BM and it works great after watching your video
Thanks for this. It demystifies something I have been avoiding for ages.
Well done. Very clear and precise
and correct!!
I was having very mixed result using instructions of another video.
Thank you
Very good video! I was having trouble with all these Amazon crimpers that come with JST/Dupont kits that were only for DuPont pins and were running my JSTZ pins. Now I know what to look for!
Great explanation and camera work. thank you!
Great video those things are soooo tiny, well done, THANKS
My first crimp was perfect. Thank you very, very much for the detailed how-to!
This is an excellent video. Thank you for making it. High-quality... subscribed!
Thanks for the excellent tutorial.
Absolute perfection of a tutorial
Excellent explanation. Thanks!
Thanks, this probably just saved me from a lot of pain.
Thank you for this video! It’s been a while since I used my jst crimper and completely forgot how to use it! This video was perfect!
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Thanks a lot for your video. I was doing it wrong for a long time.
It's the better vídeo that I've seen about jst connectors
Thanks so much for sharing this Informative video!
This is just about perfect. This video corrected several mistakes I was making. Unfortunately, I now see that I have the wrong tool (crimper die is too wide) but now that I know how it's supposed to work, I can get the job done anyhow. Thanks so much!
most excellent tutorial!
Literally the best video on this on youtube! Thanks thanks thanks!!!!!
This is the best video about this, thank you!
Perfect, could not have been any better. Superb visual quality, one could actually see what you are doing.
Glad you liked it! Thanks for commenting!
I did my first JST-PH 4 wire connector (STEMMA) after watching this. Took a couple times but I got it.
Thank you so much, it's the best video I've ever seen.
yeah i bought estmoon crimper kit and they say 4mm in their documentation as well. so seems to be a lot of places saying 4mm. thank you for the very detailed video as I couldnt see it very well using their documentation
Great video, really helpful. Thanks a lot!
Awesome job, best video on this! Watched a few...
Thanks for this video. It helps my job make it easier.
Much appreciated. Had the right level of zoominess :)
Quality video that explains it well. Thanks
Great video this was super helpful. After many failed attempts to crimp these connections watching your video helped me get it done right!
Thanks for the comment. I’m glad you found it useful and appreciate the feedback 👍
Nice clear and concise video. The best inexpensive JST-XH crimpers I've found are the Iwiss IWS-3220M. I purchased mine on Amazon for $22.59 US. They actually have a comprehensive instruction manual with large lettering attached to the package. A joy to use and make excellent crimps.
Thanks Roy for the note. It’s great that it comes with a manual. I haven’t seen any others that do.
Thanks, an actual informative video ..
Thank you for this video. After watching half a dozen to try to figure out what I was doing wrong, your video help me realize I was crimping the hook that locks into the connector. It was driving me crazy trying to figure it out
You're welcome! Thanks for your comments.
Just what I was looking for! Thanks!
Thank you for this tutorial. Now if only my eyesight was like it used to be!
This is a really good video, thanks man. 👍
Muchas gracias ... gran video un saludo desde España
Thanks so much for sharing this video.👍🙂
just fantastic!!! thank u so much
Great info. Thanks for sticking with metric :)
Excellent, thanks for the quality tutorial!!
Glad it was helpful!
Well done. Thanks!
Thank you. I`m from Brazil and it was extremely hard to find a video following the correct procedures for this connector. It appears that most of the people out there use generic Dupont crimpers or simply ignore the external pins in the connector. Once again, thanks for it.
Glad it helped. Tnx for your comments!
Thanks well explained.
I wish I would have watched this earlier. Nice vid.
fabulous video Chapster. I have seen other videos and noticed that they didn't use the ratchet crimper that came with their set, but purchased another tool, a lot thinner and required a two stage operation. 1/ separating the wire and 2/ sheathing crimping! I think they had the right tool all along (as your video showed) but didn't know how to use it. I find it ironic that I could not easily find the thinner crimper but that the internet is awash with the proper tool. Grateful for your top notch video showing the 'easy' way to do it too.
Thanks Alan. I’m glad you found it useful.
@@chapmanmr more than useful... I was barking up the wrong tree looking for an inferior tool. Now i have choice LOL
Got my crimper today and you method worked fine.. The only thing I find is holding the the little beggars.. they are so tiny.. in the end i put one on the pin at the back of the JST socket (came with the assorted JST connector kit) you then have something to hold when offering up connector to the crimper head.
Alan Brown
Great idea. I’m used to holding the small pieces so practice helps. When I first started doing these I used a pair of fine tweezers that worked fairly well. Thanks again for commenting Alan. 👍
Thanks, much better video than the others.
Glad it was helpful!
absolute legend
Well done, easy
Man, you really rock! Thanks for the video!
Glad to help! Tnx for the comments!
Just needed to use this for an 787 connector thank ya!
Disclaimer, I used the reference for it. I just wanted to see it in action.
Nicely done presentation. Personally, I favor the Iwiss SN-2549 crimper - it's the "illegitimate love child" of a SN-01BM (specifically for JST-XH connectors) like you show here, and the Iwiss SN-28B (which is aimed specifically at Dupont connectors, and if you're a little bit careful, can be used for doing Molex connectors as well) in one tool. Since I use all three types fairly regularly, having just one tool that can do all three is a BIG plus to me. Aside from the different jaws, the rest of the tool is identical, and it's possible to order different jaws that can be swapped into/out of the rest of the crimping tool as needed, though I haven't needed that capability so far.
FYI, despite being widely marketed as being for “DuPont” connectors, the SN-28B is actually _very_ unsuited to DuPont connectors! The insulation die has the wrong shape (DuPont needs a circular insulation die) and because the SN-28B is designed for much larger contacts (it’s designed for 2.8mm spade connectors), the finished crimp is much wider than it should be, which often leaves the contacts crimped too wide to easily insert into the housings. I don’t know why the Chinese vendors insist on selling the SN-28B for DuPont, when it would cost no more to make dies that actually fit the DuPont contacts fairly well. (Surely a circular die shape is easier to machine than the m shape!)
Nucely explained. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
now this is great how do you wire the other end connection i can only find videos on the male end
thank you)
Great ! Thanks !
Actually a serious question
How do you assemble the _other_ half of the connector?
EXCELLANT!!
Special crimping machines can be used for mass production
4:09 FYI, the retaining spring “pin” is actually called the “barb” or “lance”.
Very well explained!
Just wondering if you can use both of the bracket's cutouts for the JST-XH connectors or is one for another type?
The other slot in the crimper is for a slightly larger connector socket. It can be used for the JST connector if you are trying to get away with using a larger wire than the connector is intended for. You can do that to get by in a jam, but I wouldn’t make a habit of it. Thanks for your comments.
Hi Jaster, do you know what is the reference of the j13 hand connector please ?
Nice 👍🖖
I'm confused by how many jst connectors types exist.
super
I know this late but, uh, 6:53
"Anyway you just take that knife... AND STAB IT IN YOUR FINGER!"
I yelped and dropped my phone.
You make it look so easy! :) Which crimping tool are you using?
SN01B(m)
Thanks!!!
No problem!
Do you have a video showing how to make the other end connected to a wire, instead of mounting it to a board? I want to make connections for quick connections to replace thermistors etc but not sure how the connecting wire on the other end goes together.
Rich, The JST XH series is really designed to be a "B2B" or board to board interconnect and I don't think JST makes the end that would normally go on a board in a format to be placed on the end of a cable. Quite often people will make their own by soldering wires to the board socket and put heat shrink over the solder connections and I have done this myself. A word of caution if you use that method, once the pins on a B2B connector have been heated for soldering, they loose a little of their grip within the plastic part of the connector allowing them to be pulled/pushed out. If you make your solder connection quick so you don't have to get the pin very hot it should work ok as long as you push the two connectors together carefully. Otherwise you can push the pin right out of the connector. I do believe that someone makes a crimp style connector that does what you are looking for that looks a lot like the JST-XH series as I have seen them on Ebay but I'm not real sure they will fit with the JST-XH connector. My best suggestion would be to look at the Molex "Micro-Fit" series of connectors. Both ends (sockets & pins) work with the same crimper (SN-01BM) as the JST-XH series and the polarized interlocking of the connectors is secure. Hope this helps.
Here are some part numbers if you want to check out the Molex solution...
Pin housing (2 pin): www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Molex/43640-0201?qs=%2Fha2pyFadui6dPA5%2FogRphLt3q2AbW0jNqq9k6Of4ew%3D
Socket housing (2 pin):www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Molex/43020-0210?qs=%2Fha2pyFaduj5jJAitLLkl140tgX%2FFhAHOfKkdQlAGmIRbROBeeV9Tg%3D%3D
Pins: www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Molex/43031-0001-Cut-Strip?qs=Dbnw6jgPYP7qIb%252B%252BSMzZGA%3D%3D
Sockets: www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Molex/43030-0009?qs=%2Fha2pyFaduh7zI%2FCLmN5TyJ9CEZyVLI3X7TErMGzN2o%3D