PIN TERMINOLOGY
CONNECTORS & TERMIN ALS
YOU’LL NEED THIS
So here we have a terminal. Both male and female terminals look very similar, the only difference being the female one is larger, so it can fit correctly with the male terminal and make contact completing the circuit. You have four main components you need to be aware of. Flag one, on the far left, is the portion of the terminal that will be crimped onto the plastic insulation of the cable itself. Flag two is the part that will crimped directly on the wire to hold it in place. The locator pins also pin down on the bare wire, and is the maximum point the wire should touch. The securing pins are what hold the cable into the connector itself.
There are many connectors and terminals you may encounter while sleeving. On the hardware side, you’ll generally see six-pin, eight-pin or 12-pin GPU connectors (thanks Nvidia), four or eight-pin EPS connectors, and a 24-pin connector. At the PSU end, however, you can find almost any size of connector, from two to 24-pin. Due to this it is always a good idea to wait until you have your PSU before buying sleeving supplies. Also make sure that you visit a good sleeving-supply site to ensure that you get everything you need. As well as the standard connectors, you may want four-pin Molex, SATA, fan, and IO panel connectors and pins. These work slightly differently to ATX pins, but the principle is the same.
CABLE SLEEVING TUTORIAL PART 1
Maximum PC Vol 25 No 12.
Patience.