An old inspector in Dallas told me my crimps were 'just good enough'

This was maybe 8 years ago on a CRJ-200 nav system job. He pointed at one of my D-sub pins and said, 'You're getting a seal, but the wire's not seated all the way... that'll vibrate loose in 500 hours.' I was just rushing to close up. Now I use a 10x loupe on every single crimp before I call it done, and I haven't had a single callback for a loose connector since. Do you guys still run into people skipping that final visual check?

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caleb_ross124d ago

But what about the time cost on big jobs? Spending minutes on every single crimp with a loupe adds up fast, and most of the time the connection is just fine. That extra time could be spent on other checks that actually find problems.

evan_wilson184d ago

Plus, one bad crimp can cost way more time later when you're chasing down a ghost problem.