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:
Bet'cha nickel there are several quintillion oxygen atoms in there.
Could be, hopefully anything trapped is too small to become a problem.
MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Compression like this is absolutely the next best thing to soldering when adhesive lined (triple wall) heat shrink tubing is used.
That's what I'm hoping.
It seems that there's a consensus out there that soldering has its issues. This description from here is as good a description as any.
Solder is permitted but cannot be the sole means of making the connection. This is because if the connection becomes very hot the solder might melt. Solder also tends to make the end of the wire into a solid wire as it wicks into the stranded conductors. The end of the wire then loses it flexibility and so is more prone to cracking induced by vibration.
What I haven't seen is a good discussion about how to best address the issues mentioned above.
DSchmidt_2000 wrote:
Can you post a picture of the crimp tool you found?
Mine is red and says Hex Crimp on it, but it's made by Quick Cable and has part number 4255-001 on it.
Here's a photo from the Quick Cable site:
Here's a link to the Quick Cable page : Quick Cable Crimpers
This is the one that did not work for BoonHauler, so I realize that I'm taking some risk with this one. I think I can sell it for what I paid pretty quickly and I'm hoping that even if it doesn't work for the largest size it will be fine for sized smaller than 4.0.
