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I use Klauke for my smaller crimps only SWA stuff as above screwfix are pants, knipex for bootlaces round and square and cembre hydraulics for bigger stuff.
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Crimps for me are a temporary repair.
Like Geordie I’ll solder a ferule on and insulate as necessary. Be it control or 11KV, different situations require different insulation methods.
I had to extend some 400mm² singles, I turned my own ferules out of copper round bar to be sweated on to the two conductors.
To be honest my ratchet crimpers have hardly been used in all the time I’ve had them. (30 years.) But then I’ve been in industries where a failure could be catastrophic.
one of the guys i work with uses ck ratchet crimpers for ferrules.
usually the guy doing the testing has to recrimp them all as they just slide straight off.
personally on ferules etc i just use crimping pliers as your guaranteed a good connection cause your used to how much pressue there should be (plus i always crimp mine 1 size down after as well for a tight connection).
(was in a pinch a while ago and a pair of grips make a nice temp ferrule crimper, much easier to use than ratchet crimpers as well)
with crimpers i just use a pair of silverline crimpers but there collecting dust in my bag as only really use anything bigger than 1mm onece in a blue moon.
ill buy a decent pair eventually but there is no point atm as i dont need one at all. (would use cold chisel and hammer if they broke though till i got replacement)
(plus i always crimp mine 1 size down after as well for a tight connection).
(was in a pinch a while ago and a pair of grips make a nice temp ferrule crimper, much easier to use than ratchet crimpers as well)
Are you being serious? Please don't do this, get rid of your home made grip-crimpers and don't use the 'next size down' slot in the tool. Just spend a few pounds on a half-decent ratchet crimper and use it properly, you're much less likely to start a fire or have call backs on your jobs.
not a rachet crimper.
pliers and it more to add extra pressue on small cables. my crimpers work fine and i dont need to do this, its just become a habbit.
the idea of a bootlace is to squeeze it onto the cable, the tighter the crimp the better connection
Crimps for me are a temporary repair.
But then I’ve been in industries where a failure could be catastrophic.
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