Where to buy crimped battery cable
I'm looking to finish a DYI inverter install and want to buy battery wire in fat gauges around 0, crimped. I want to keep all the runs as short as possible so want to specify an exact length, like 14 ...
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mlts22 wrote:
The best crimps I have used was with a hydraulic, cordless 15 ton tool used by a telco for handling 0000 and 00 48 volt cable. They didn't use solder, just crimped the ends, and this was for NEBS-3 gear that if it failed, there would be very bad consequences. It also used lugs which you put the heat shrink tubing on, crimped on two places, then used a heat gun to seal it all in place, the heat shrink tubing having some sort of glue on the inside to further deal with oxygen.
Said tool was $5000... and I've not been able to find anything near as good, so I have it on my list, right next to the Uponor ProPEX tool which costs $750, but makes the best expanding PEX connections out there.
Yes, my son bought the Milwaukee propex tool. $500. Very worthwhile with how simple it is to use and knock $7,500 off the plumbing job!!! When I was working I thought our Geenlee power crimper was expensive at $1,800.
I have to say the Ebay $30 tool does a great job for the money. It's not perfect like the Greenlee crimp but absolutely nothing wrong with it. Mine isn't even leaking after doing 30 or more connections. I figured if it did I'd just toss it in the lake, after I properly drained it and took all necessary environmental precautions of course.
