AMP Picabond Crimp Tool on Suzohapp.com

Here are some pictures of today's haul. Not quite sure if I can use any of it for coin-op stuff but that was my thought when I pulled the trigger.
 

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A few more...
 

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I found a some pretty wild looking tools today. I was wondering what a Picabond connection would be use for?

Amp 251101
Amp 230971 -1


http://na.suzohapp.com/electrical_supplies/43079500.htm

AMP PICABOND connectors provide an economical and reliable means of splicing multi-conductor telephone cable. The bodies are manufactured from tin-plated phosphor bronze and tin-plated brass with bonded polyester insulation. Color coding of the insulation is provided to denote wire size and weather-resistant type. Any solid core wire, 28 to 19 AWG [0.32 - 0.9 mm], with pulp, paper or plastic insulation can be spliced. Lightweight and compact PICABOND splices reduce the space required over other splicing techniques by up to 33 percent. Straight, butt, tap and bridge splices can be made with these connectors.
 
AMP PICABOND connectors provide an economical and reliable means of splicing multi-conductor telephone cable. The bodies are manufactured from tin-plated phosphor bronze and tin-plated brass with bonded polyester insulation. Color coding of the insulation is provided to denote wire size and weather-resistant type. Any solid core wire, 28 to 19 AWG [0.32 - 0.9 mm], with pulp, paper or plastic insulation can be spliced. Lightweight and compact PICABOND splices reduce the space required over other splicing techniques by up to 33 percent. Straight, butt, tap and bridge splices can be made with these connectors.


Yep I found a really cool video on these...

http://us.telecomosp.com/copper coax products/splicing grounding connectors/picabond.htm

Very nice indeed!

But the question is why is this tool on SuzoHapp?
Is this the recommend way to splice wires if you must on a coin op machine?
Most coin op machines used stranded wire not solid like ma-bell. lol
Will these picabond's work for stranded wire as well?
Are the slot guys using this kind of tool?

This tool seems so outta place on SH.com
 
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Yep I found a really cool video on these...

http://us.telecomosp.com/copper coax products/splicing grounding connectors/picabond.htm

Very nice indeed!

But the question is why is this tool on SuzoHapp?
Is this the recommend way to splice wires if you must on a coin op machine?
Most coin op machines used stranded wire not solid like ma-bell. lol
Will these picabond's work for stranded wire as well?
Are the slot guys using this kind of tool?

This tool seems so outta place on SH.com

Slot guys are not using this expensive tool.

I would guess the markup on this is outrageous, and sh.com is offering it for sale without having any in stock. It would sell through a second or third party vendor, and they get a nice return for doing it when one sells.
 
Slot guys are not using this expensive tool.

I would guess the markup on this is outrageous, and sh.com is offering it for sale without having any in stock. It would sell through a second or third party vendor, and they get a nice return for doing it when one sells.

I found this on a google search...

I'm a software guy, so let me start by stating I'm just a rookie when it comes to this stuff.

That being said, one of my favourite tools was introduced to me by a casino in Vegas that I sell software to. They use this to splice wires inside of slot machines, but I think it is used primarlily in the telephone industry. I was so impressed with it that I bought one to have for myself.

It is made by AMP, and is called a Picabond crimp tool. It uses vinyl wrapped crimp cartridges, and you simply place both wires in special slots in the tool, and give it a squeeze. The resulting bond is very strong, protected by a casing of vinyl, and is virtually indestructable.
 
$572 for a CRIMPER? WTF??

Not that bad...the normal going price for these is about $565.
You should also see the prices for AMP's popular Certi-crimp crimpers. These hand crimpers will range up into the $2K's. These are not aimed at the hobbyist.

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good tool if you were starting a telephone company, but not gonna help ya much on pin or arcade repair unless you going to start using 24 conductor cat 3 phone cable :p
 
Alot of older slot machines used phone wire in them. It was usually used to interface stuff like card readers, printers and displays from what I have seen. Im sure anything newer is using cat5 now.
 
good tool if you were starting a telephone company, but not gonna help ya much on pin or arcade repair unless you going to start using 24 conductor cat 3 phone cable :p

No, we use cat 5 networking cable.

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It was my understanding from basic electronics in High School;

solid wire is for ac.
some arcade games use ac for coin door lights :)
home 120vac wires are solid.

stranded wire is for dc.
look at the wire to your jumper cables
 
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then i need to reburry the 200 foot 2ga Feeders i got running out to my workshop, there stranded!

yeah, the "stranded is for DC, and solid for AC" is a farce
 
there ya go :p skin effect makes since, also explains why Wave Guide is hollow.
 
I have only ever seen solid core wiring used in low voltage DC circuits. Cut apart an old mains power cable, I guarantee it'll contain stranded wire.
 
I figured I'd add a little insight on the picabonds. The phone companies are phasing out the usage of picabonds. They were great for old analog pots lines but don't fare so well with the newer digital technologies currently being run through their networks. If the rig is calibrated the digital signals don't have a problem. But if a technician has lost the little calibration tool then loss can occur with digital signals. Great tool.... but not so appropriate anymore.
 
i have a fluke network cable tester, if you take a stranded cat 5 cable, and pull it apart so the wires are not twisted, the cable tester will actually sense the fault, and mark the cable bad, and it will even tell you at what spot in the cable you un-twirled it.
 
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