Battery Cable Crimpers
I got into what I thought would be "simple" battery maintainence yesterday, only to find a hidden corroded mess ! Most all the crimped lugs are a solid mass of corrosion up inside the lugs, and all co...
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12thgenusa wrote:
Another option to spending money on a cheap crimper is to buy custom, professional made cables. I and many others on this forum have been well pleased with the cables from Genuinedealz. Free shipping as well. There is much more to making a quality cable than just the crimp.
Well you mite be right for the parallel connector cables, but thats why I mentioned that the main cables need new lugs too.
And its always just doing a "few" this time, so maybe not worth buying a hi $ tool, but what about next time, and the time after that, not to mention the many times before this when I got talked out of buying a good tool, and not to mention all my RV friends that always elect me to do their battery maintence work.
I only had to replace a "few" canvas snaps on my boat too, but I bought the $125 tool over 20 yrs ago, and NEVER been sorry.
So, back to my question, (maybe already answered) do I need an 8 ton, or a 16 ton tool ?
