| Match: | #2 |
| Message: | #70504 |
| From: | Charlie England <ceengland7(at)gmail.com> |
| Date: | Jul 04, 2018 |
| Subject: | Re: Battery cables |
On Wed, Jul 4, 2018 at 10:17 AM, Robert L. Nuckolls, III < nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelectric.com> wrote: > At 05:24 AM 7/4/2018, you wrote: > > Art, > I have a Harbor Freight set of hydraulic squeezers that work great for > that. It has a big set of fittings for every size. > > Ron Burnett > > > Take a proposed 4 or 2 awg terminal with > you when you go crimp-tool shopping at HF. > I purchased one a few years ago where > the numbers stamped on the die-sets had > no practical relationship to reality. > The actual hex-holes were way to small for > the numbers in evidence. > > Don't know if that's changed/improved > but it's worth checking. > > When the HF hydraulic tool proved > inadequate to the job, I soldered the > terminals on . . . > > Works good, lasts a long time . . . > > > Bob . . . > I recently bought a similar (might be the same) hydraulic crimper from Jet (not the Jet Tools people; this is just a reseller of far-East stuff). https://jet.com/product/10-Ton-Hydraulic-Wire-Battery-Cable-Lug-Terminal-Crimper-Crimping-Tool-9-Dies/044de210e0e54490b3104f2933a8c4e9 I'd suggest trying this: https://www.andersonpower.com/_global-assets/downloads/pdf/conversion.pdf or do a search for 'metric to AWG conversion table'. Mine makes not perfect looking, but quite serviceable crimps using this type of conversion for the numbers stamped on the dies. Charlie
| End Msg: | #2 |
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