Bad@ss wire crimpers

[Imtjnotu 5,000+ posts]

same here

best way to do it....who the fuck heats up the wire first.......as long as the ring term is hot as **** the solder will melt right in it

 

[Falcons 5,000+ posts]

exactly. i solder everything that way and it works great.

 

[hispls 5,000+ posts]

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What I use. AFAIK it's a little less money from weldingsupply.com

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

If it makes any difference, the ring terminals I'm using are solid copper sleeves, not split like a lot of the car audio terminals. I could do the solder method, it's just a pain to me. I'd rather just do a few pumps of a high power crimper and be done with it.

 

[12voltz+- 10+ year member]

i like hammer crimper works great

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

If it makes any difference, the ring terminals I'm using are solid copper sleeves, not split like a lot of the car audio terminals. I could do the solder method, it's just a pain to me. I'd rather just do a few pumps of a high power crimper and be done with it.

Bolt cutters. I did 4/0 lugs with them. Same as what you are talking about.

 

[Phoenix Risen 10+ year member]

a concrete drive way and a hammer. works all day long.

 

[Papermaker85 5,000+ posts]

The best terminals believe it or not are at home depto!

Screw set pure copper..

No need to crimp..

Btw ****** hydraulic crimpers are over a grand..

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

Btw ****** hydraulic crimpers are over a grand..

There are a few in the $50-80 range. I don't need something super heavy duty, just need a solid crimp that will never come undone. I'll probably just go to Harbor freight this weekend and see what they have.

 

[funandgames 10+ year member]

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[9515ROB 10+ year member]

i use a vise on the ones that aint split in the middle and i never have a problem with them coming out.

 

[akheathen Premium Member]

well, that has the possibility for a good connection, if you have clean and/or tinned wire and you keep heat on it afterwards, untill it wicks the solder up into the cable itself, otherwise, it's just a dry connection. and, anyone spending much time working on circuit boards knows what damage a dry connection can do. i use the hammer crimp all the time at work, even installed a mylar block on the bottom, since it's almost always pounding against a grounded surface of the truck on a live wire. when that is not available to me, i use the solder trick, and punch the connector first, if i have a punch with me. mostly on solid terminals, only sometimes split crimps, which usually get rolled in with bull-nose nippers, or punch, and then pressed in. either way, soldering the terminal to the already tinned wire is the verry last thing before heat-shrink. i cannot stress how much of a difference a solid mechanical connection makes for long-term ampacity, and continued low resistance. my $0.02

(@ the solder then insert method)

 

[sobe3yourself. 10+ year member]

Soldering large wires like 1/0g takes forever cause you need to heat up the wire before you can solder it

it takes about 5 seconds. torch that mofo

 

[skylineTT 10+ year member]

Hammer and concrete.

 

[slim2fattycake 10+ year member]

the hammer crimp works best with the solid tube style ends not the split ends. It will make a deep indentation to where you will have to rip the wire for it to come apart. The only thing is if you ran your wire and cannot get it on something sturdy then its kinda hard to do. lol. Its pretty cheap though. I bought mine for 20 bucks.