Crimping electrical joints in cooking applicances

[jonpatterns]

Hi all

I have recently been repairing a crepe cooker and a hotplate where the thermal fuse has gone. My problem is how best to make the joints between the stranded wire and the solid strand legs of the replacement thermal fuse. The original thermal fuse was connected via a kind of crimp. However, it is much neater and stronger than I can make with a standard crimp tool.

On the hot plate there is very little space to make the joint.

Is there a special tool for this work or an I missing a technique or something else?

Thanks in advance

 

[Englishman]

Hi all

I have recently been repairing a crepe cooker and a hotplate

Well I'm sorry that you don't think my cooking equipment is up to much :-(

 

[telectrix]

he said crepe, not crap.

 

[Englishman]

Ermm...

 

[Lucien Nunes]

Factory-fitted uninsulated crimps are usually better than ordinary insulated ones. They have special crimp dies and can be adjusted to work reliably with solid cables etc. You can get close with a suitable die set in a handheld ratchet tool, and decent matching crimps e.g. AMP Solistrand.

 

[Knobhead]

Sounds like another DIY job.

 

[telectrix]

maybe so, tony, but it's an appliance repair. we'd rather not get involved.

 

[Deleted member 26818]

Make certain that if you replace any wiring, you use height temp silicon.

 

[Marvo]

I wouldn't worry too much about the neatness as long as it's a sound joint or connection. We make similar repairs on kilns occasionally and depending on whether it's solid copper conductors or stranded you can use porcelain wire-nuts and you can also get porcelain connector blocks as well. TBH if you're in a bind you can also take a standard PVC connector block and carefully cut away the PVC until you're just left with the brass internal connector part then manually insulate it after you've made the joint with some fiberglass sleeve and some 3M hi-temp fiberglass tape.

 

[shanky887614]

I wouldn't worry too much about the neatness as long as it's a sound joint or connection. We make similar repairs on kilns occasionally and depending on whether it's solid copper conductors or stranded you can use porcelain wire-nuts and you can also get porcelain connector blocks as well. TBH if you're in a bind you can also take a standard PVC connector block and carefully cut away the PVC until you're just left with the brass internal connector part then manually insulate it after you've made the joint with some fiberglass sleeve and some 3M hi-temp fiberglass tape.

porcelin or bakelight connector will work better than normal connector strip

 

[jonpatterns]

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Thanks for the ideas. I will either go will a high temp crimp (from AMP for example) and better crimper, or one. Will update when complete.