Battery Cable Crimp Question
The ring connectors that connect to my battery are the type where you can see the cable strands on the ring side of the connector. If I wiggle the cable, the strands on the ring side move. My unde...
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MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
This is WHY I protest when folks insist a crimper need not vary from some ideal standard in die size.
This is a good example. Dell City specifically says for that 1/0 lug that it will work with the manual Quick Crimp Hex tool I mentioned earlier in this thread.
Given what (little) I know, I would first try a 50mm^2 die with that lug since the Quick Crimp instructions say to use the Black/50 die for a 1/0 cast copper lug.
I also assume that a properly sized cable is required, and that it would be snug fit into the lug.....
It's also starting to look like the die sizes may be somewhat standardized. 25,30,50,70,95,120, etc - but I'm still not positive. I also don't see anyone publishing the distance across the flats of the die - which would help.
There are still other parameters that seem important, for example the width of the die. I've seen some tools that require 4 crimps for a 4/0 terminal and others that require only 2.
