I had a friend who was an electronics assembly tech for a big defense contractor. He was a production floor guy who had a chip on his shoulder for the engineers with their fancy book-learnin’ who ...

Precision crimping techniques prove crucial to the optimal performance of heat-shrink electrical connectors. A poor crimp can lead to a loose wire that draws excessive amps and overheats. A punctured ...

Putting crimp connectors on wires is one of the most tedious things you’ll do. It’s not easy, either, unless you have some practice. Before you start digging in to a pile of connectors, crimp ...

The last generation did more for aftermarket wiring than any that preceded it. While even the most serious do-it-yourselfer once clutched at the prospect of installing something as simple as power ...

You’ve waded through all of the connector catalogs and found the connector that meets all your design criteria and is just right for your application. It has the right current rating, voltage rating, ...

Despite plenty of EC&M resources on grounding and bonding, including theory and specific rules on the topic, the simple question we continually get from electrical professionals in the field is: “So ...

A bad termination job halved my Ethernet speed to 100 Mbps ...