The essential element of a good crimp is that of plastic deformation: the natural plasticity property of the materials in question and whether this plasticity is fully used to get a solid contact ...

There are a multiplicity of different types of crimp, but in this case I am referring to the ubiquitous variety with a red, blue, or yellow coloured plastic sleeve denoting the wire size they are ...

Each slot has two sets oflabels indicating the various sizes; thatsbecausethe outside dimension of solid wire is not the same ...