"Crimping" ? KnuKonceptz Wiring help...

[Farkel 10+ year member]

I just got a KnuKoncepts 4AWG kit and it came with the wires etc. and then a baggie with a bunch of gold tips (circle things)... I was wondering how you attach the wires to these things? I read something about crimping but I don't have a crimping tool

EDIT: on the subject of wiring, if I were to find a good ground for the amp, if the metal was magnetic would it be a good candidate?

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[bds0688 10+ year member]

For 4 gauge crimping is tricky. The best bet is a vice grip. You put one of the sides down*the split neck* and pinch it down with the vice. Do the same for the other side, overlapping the first pinch. If you have heatshrink large enough, extra protection.

Any metal surface that is sanded down, no paint or dirt, is good.

 

[dleccord 5,000+ posts]

I use a channel lock to crimp mines.

 

[lrgnation 10+ year member]

SOLDER THEM!!!! Crimping *****, its generally a very weak hold. If you have a torch and some solder just slide the ring on to the wire and heat the ring with a torch and be careful to not melt the wire. Start trying to feed the solder around the edges of the ring and when it is hot enough it will **** in the solder. Heatshrink over the top using a heatgun.

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

if i dont have a vise, i just hit it with a hammer

 

[bball09124 10+ year member]

hell, i just use a hammer. is there anything wrong with that method? seems like i've heard its not a good way to crimp.

 

[jaco 10+ year member]

for 4 g i also use the hammer method, seems to do the best job to me.

 

[ssj2xxgotenxx 10+ year member]

I crip by overlapping the metal by using a clamp. Shortly followed by a good old fashioned beating with a hammer. Solder if you got it.

 

[audiobahnuser18 5,000+ posts]

I use vice grip's. here's a trick to if you cut the outer piece for the 4 guage with a razor blade in a short line will peal up that side covering do the same to the other side and when you want to strip it here's a really easy way take the razor blade again and cut in a circle around the wire then just pull the covering around the actual wire off has worked everytime for me.

 

[Bluecamry 10+ year member]

Uh. First I use a vice. When I dont have a vice, always, I resort to pliers. You get better results with pliers anyways.

 

[Omarvelous 10+ year member]

Uh. First I use a vice. When I dont have a vice, always, I resort to pliers. You get better results with pliers anyways.

Pliers for me!

This soldering though, any1 got pics of one soldered??

And could you use a soldering gun?

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

SOLDER THEM!!!! Crimping *****, its generally a very weak hold. If you have a torch and some solder just slide the ring on to the wire and heat the ring with a torch and be careful to not melt the wire. Start trying to feed the solder around the edges of the ring and when it is hot enough it will **** in the solder. Heatshrink over the top using a heatgun.

Waste of time.

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[_DjScrew_ 5,000+ posts]

we have a little tool .. not sure of the name. but it's a little box that has a V that comes down in the center of the ring and then you hit it with a hammer a couple of times and you're set.

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

Vice grips are my favorite crimping tool. Next is the vice for 1/0.

 

[djman37 5,000+ posts]

we have a little tool .. not sure of the name. but it's a little box that has a V that comes down in the center of the ring and then you hit it with a hammer a couple of times and you're set.

It's called an anvil. Made for crimp-connecting wires. The proper tool for the job.