2112 wrote:
Let's clear this up
GDtrailer pointed to a non-insulated crimp tool. That tool is for non-insulated crimp connectors only, such as These. I prefer this type. A quality tool will provide a very reliable crimp. Then goop it with any of the numerous sealants or RTVs available and heat shrink over it to ooz out the sealant for a good seal.
Then there are the Insulated Butt Splices. These use a different type of crimp tool. Notice how the tool jaw in the picture is different. You must use this type of crimp tool for any type of insulated crimp connector.
Buy poor quality crimps like what you linked and you get poor quality covers..
You CAN use the crimper I linked for insulated butt connectors and it works much better with much more reliable connections than the tool associated with with your link. Cheapo crimp connections tend to have a harder plastic cover, better connections have a better cover which is more flexible.
Crimpers like this..
Crushes the connection into a oval, results in not much better than a pair of pliers.
The ones I linked has a pin in the center which pushes the center of the crimp down and in towards the wire making for a vastly superior termination.
I have for 30+ yrs used the style of crimper I limked on insulated and non insulated crimps with 100% success rate.. The other style, yeah I have one, somewhere laying around in the bottom of a tool box, too many crimps that pulled apart with that style to care to count..
I prefer soldering myself but over the yrs have learned on this forum that there are too many folks who feel crimping is vastly superior, I am not one of those folks.. I will take a soldered connection anytime over crimps, crimps are for speed, not quality.. Spent too many yrs of my life repairing crimp connections.
