โMar-28-2014 09:43 AM
โMay-08-2014 02:12 PM
mena661 wrote:It's a Mic Tools MIC-120. Theres some pix further upSCVJeff wrote:Which one did you get?
I'm sold on my Chinese 12T hydraulic. It's crimped 4/0 lugs on 2 complete Motorhome hi-current rebuilds complete with solar cabling (well over 40 crimps), and still looks like new.
โMay-08-2014 07:08 AM
mrekim wrote:brulaz wrote:
At the battery end I was also planning to use a copper solderless lug screw clamp connector: SLU70, along with the oxide inhibitor gel they sell.
I'm not sure those connectors are good for stranded wire - especially if it's finely stranded. I think you need one with a plate that prevents the screw from screwing into the wire.
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โMay-08-2014 06:46 AM
brulaz wrote:
At the battery end I was also planning to use a copper solderless lug screw clamp connector: SLU70, along with the oxide inhibitor gel they sell.
โMay-08-2014 06:11 AM
โMay-03-2014 10:12 PM
SCVJeff wrote:Which one did you get?
I'm sold on my Chinese 12T hydraulic. It's crimped 4/0 lugs on 2 complete Motorhome hi-current rebuilds complete with solar cabling (well over 40 crimps), and still looks like new.
โMay-03-2014 09:29 PM
โMay-03-2014 06:13 PM
โMay-03-2014 05:42 PM
DSchmidt_2000 wrote:
I was looking into getting something like that but one off Ebay and likely Chinese made.
DSchmidt_2000 wrote:
How wide of a crimp does it make?
โMay-03-2014 04:05 PM
mrekim wrote:
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:
โMay-03-2014 03:04 PM
โMay-03-2014 01:50 PM
MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Bet'cha nickel there are several quintillion oxygen atoms in there.
MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Compression like this is absolutely the next best thing to soldering when adhesive lined (triple wall) heat shrink tubing is used.
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.
DSchmidt_2000 wrote:
Can you post a picture of the crimp tool you found?
โMay-03-2014 11:42 AM
mrekim wrote:
I found a used quick cable crimp tool locally. I'm hoping that, even if it doesn't work for 4/0 cable that it will work for smaller sizes.
This seems promising.
โMay-03-2014 10:44 AM
โMay-03-2014 09:42 AM
โApr-27-2014 12:36 AM
SCVJeff wrote:
That lug looks like it was hammered or something, but sure doesn't look good? I view that as the excuse to buy the right tool. You will never have that problem again.