It is surprising the amount of solder that will wick into a crimped joint, it shows how the corrosion can start.
Dellmassive, I suppose you dont happen to have a supplier for this crimper do you...??????next up is this beauty . . . my first port of call and go to large crimper.
it will crimp most large lugs and crimps . . . . if it fits on the gap . . . it will crimp it.
I've have some tough crimps before . . . and even with 15stone leaning down on it its not broke.
its big at 13 inches long.
this is the most used crimper for large cables.
i cant remember where i got it from now . . . but been using it a couple of years now.
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sure . . . .Dellmassive, I suppose you dont happen to have a supplier for this crimper do you...??????
Thanks matey.... I did put the letters and number on the smaller pic of the head into google but came up with nothing... and also looked through the images on google...saw loads of various kinds but not the exact ones... but if this is the same thing... then I will get one ordered... cheers.... Boysan..sure . . . .
basically same thing . . .
SWA RP625 Crimping Tool Ratchet for Uninsulated Terminals 6 mm-25 mm : Amazon.co.uk: DIY & Tools
SWA RP625 Crimping Tool Ratchet for Uninsulated Terminals 6 mm-25 mm : Amazon.co.uk: DIY & Toolsamzn.to
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Glad to hear that - when I did my boat, everything was hex-crimped with hydraulic crimpers, the crimping dies were good quality and the cable connectors were too. The cable was 95mm2. I cut a few test crimps through to see what they looked like inside - the individual conductor strands were squashed into hexagons and there were no air gaps. The hydraulic crimper was pumped until the dies touched. Very happy with the results and the crimped ends would hold my weight ... tested that too. Must have made about 20-30 connections in the battery compartment.If its multi stranded cable it is always recommended that they be hex crimped to give full current flow and stop bad joints.
We had this problem years ago at Peugeot on the high current welders,when federal electric came in they picked up that the cables were indent crimped not hex crimped.
All joints had to de re done.
I think there are simply too many suppliers of cheap tools and parts - and I mean that not just in terms of cost, but also in terms of precision and material quality.Have the hydraulic hex crimper..... And to be honest I'm not keen on it.
You need the perfect lug for the perfect size die, I've found that as all crimp lugs vary it was very difficult to get a perfect crimp that wouldn't pull off with
stand and pull test..... Or the other thing I was getting was a lug squash where it would sqeeze the lug with two tabs.
that's just my experience with it.
what I found was the most effective for large battery terminals was the sprung loaded hammer smash tool.
that worked great with a beefy club hammer.
the only problem was that is fine to make crimps on the floor.....but not so good if you needed to make a crimp in situ in the van.
Possible.Rather than buy a crimper for near £40 for what could be four uses/crimps, can we hire them?