"Crimping" ? KnuKonceptz Wiring help...

[TIeclipseMOJO 10+ year member]

i love my 0 gauge crimpers.

 

[shovelhd 10+ year member]

I use one of these.

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Electrical-LUG-CRIMPER-TOOL-terminal-crimping-tools_W0QQitemZ270104456687QQcategoryZ66987QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

Vise Bench ftw!

 

[Justintoxicated 10+ year member]

Not sure a soldering Gun will get hot enough for 4ga it definately won't for 1/0 I just used vice grips and hammer on mine.

 

[lrgnation 10+ year member]

Waste of time.
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nG

To you it is a waste of time

To me it is doing the job right, for my car I solder things, for other peoples I generally crimp them.

 

[MustangGT25YRS 10+ year member]

To you it is a waste of time
To me it is doing the job right, for my car I solder things, for other peoples I generally crimp them.

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//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/iagree.gif.15d6c075ee8d3913ba26866d06993068.gif When I did the *Big 3 Plus Some(Starter Included).I used Tin Plated,closed end battery lugs.At my old job (Bus Garage) they had a professional crimper,for these lugs.Great...but expensive too!!.

I've also soldered these lugs w/a blow torch.Held the lug(Tab down) in vise.Heat the barrel,and fed solder in,put the cable in,applied more solder.

Let the solder & barrel cool,then "I" used Dual Wall Adhesive shrink tubing.Done....

Regards/

Raymond/

 

[QtrHorse 10+ year member]

**********^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^************//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/iagree.gif.15d6c075ee8d3913ba26866d06993068.gif When I did the *Big 3 Plus Some(Starter Included).I used Tin Plated,closed end battery lugs.At my old job (Bus Garage) they had a professional crimper,for these lugs.Great...but expensive too!!.

I've also soldered these lugs w/a blow torch.Held the lug(Tab down) in vise.Heat the barrel,and fed solder in,put the cable in,applied more solder.

Let the solder & barrel cool,then "I" used Dual Wall Adhesive shrink tubing.Done....

Regards/

Raymond/

 

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[soydeedo 10+ year member]

I use one of these.
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Electrical-LUG-CRIMPER-TOOL-terminal-crimping-tools_W0QQitemZ270104456687QQcategoryZ66987QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

or you can get it cheaper here or here. on the second link you have to scroll a little bit.

 

[Duke 10+ year member]

I've been using a pair of these vice grips to crimp the living **** out of the terminal, then heat it with a blowtorch and solder it through the hole I drilled in the top of the terminal.

The big terminal is 4/0, and the small ones are 1/0. I plan on buying one of those crimp tools.

 

[SPL140.2 5,000+ posts]

Vise Bench ftw!

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[Duke 10+ year member]

Are vice benches very expensive?

 

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

You can go to sears and get a decent 4" one for $25, IIRC.

I take the hammer to mine and the connections are stout.

 

[Justintoxicated 10+ year member]

or you can get it cheaper here or here. on the second link you have to scroll a little bit.

I just bought this tool I hope it is worth the money for $15 bucks I won't be out too much anyways.

Lenco Swedge-On Tool Model 840l

I got it from the second link. It pappears to be a V- but has a flat circle on the end of it? Well I hope it still works. I was out trying the channel locks again today. Basicaly brute force one side of the terminal on at a time. I position the Channel locks against the cement outside and then squeeze them together with my body wieght and strength several times overlapping the 2 sides. I think I'm getting a pretty solid connection, but it is alot of work. I have a feeling this tool will be nice to have around next time (if there is a next time), although I'll probably try to finish the job tomarrow anyways without it.

I would love to solder but I don't have a torch, or patience, clamp or even a workbench to put one, or a place to put a workbench heh. Plus I have Knu 0ga terminals they are not really designed for solder.