Electrical Connectors DIY
See pics, then crimp wire in and tape with rubber electrical tape or vinyl as needed. Multiple sizes of copper pipe available. You can buy, but expensive, so you buy what you need, then are out the ...
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Housted wrote:azrving wrote:
One exampleajriding wrote:
There is a crimping tool that looks like pliers, but has a crimp. This is easy.
I have soldered wires if I needed the best.
The pliers that put a dimple are not the way to do it. You need the type that uses dies and compresses it evenly. Never use solder on that type of connection. Hydraulic models are available on ebay etc for $35 or so
I have one of those in the link.....it has worked really well for years.
I have crimped wire up to 1/0 with great results.:B
Housted
Yep, they aren’t perfect but you can work with it. If we want a perfect tool its more like a Greenlee We used a similar model when i was working. The only problem with them is they grew legs ALL the time. I have the ebay stuff lol
The greenlee hand pliers with a die type jaw are probably decent too but they are $300 or so.
