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[Dustydazzler]

Side cutters

Animal

 

[nicebutdim]

Animal

It's what looks to have been used from the image.

The other side of this is that I often have to squeeze insulated crimps with pliers or grips as most of those sold by wholesalers are cheap carp. You can squeeze all day at cheap crimps with the best of tools and never get a solid connection.

 

[steviethepar]

Screwdriver looks a bit well worn!

served me well that driver may retire it to the great screwdriver drawer in the workshop

 

[steviethepar]

It's what looks to have been used from the image.

The other side of this is that I often have to squeeze insulated crimps with pliers or grips as most of those sold by wholesalers are cheap carp. You can squeeze all day at cheap crimps with the best of tools and never get a solid connection.

Aye should only use proper ratchet crimping tool to ensure correct pressure applied and both the conductor and insulation are crimped
However more importantly - it is sold core T&E and shouldn’t be crimped

 

[nicebutdim]

served me well that driver may retire it to the great screwdriver drawer in the workshop

I've seen worse after a couple of days use.

 

[James]

@steviethepar
You can make a good quality crimp joint on solid core

 

[nicebutdim]

Aye should only use proper ratchet crimping tool to ensure correct pressure applied and both the conductor and insulation are crimped
However more importantly - it is sold core T&E and shouldn’t be crimped

I have a decent ratchet crimper that works well with crimps from the same Italian manufacturer and a few other manufacturers I've tried, but it's useless with crimps from local wholesalers - usually SWA or Termination Technologies.

 

[DefyG]

Couple of 'Dodgy' terminations on a recently refurbished job!

 

[nicebutdim]

Couple of 'Dodgy' terminations on a recently refurbished job!

Looks like recent work on existing cables. Good to see people take such pride in their work.

 

[DefyG]

Looks like recent work on existing cables.

Exactly that!

 

[Mike Johnson]

@steviethepar
You can make a good quality crimp joint on solid core

Hydraulic cripping tool works every time, in fact some of the solid crips can't be used with anything else, a ratchet crimping tool will not touch them.

 

[Dustydazzler]

The red blue yellow dot ratchet crimper I have always been told is for stranded wires like flex and auto wire connections only and never to used to solid conductors.

you need to use a special crimp tool with teeth and the correct crimps to joint solid wires

 

[mainline]

Hydraulic cripping tool works every time

I've never seen a hydraulic crimping tool with a die to fit a small blue/red crimp.

 

[mainline]

The red blue yellow dot ratchet crimper I have always been told is for stranded wires like flex and auto wire connections only and never to used to solid conductors.

you need to use a special crimp tool with teeth and the correct crimps to joint solid wires

Some crimps are suitable for solid conductors, some are not.

 

[nicebutdim]

I've never seen a hydraulic crimping tool with a die to fit a small blue/red crimp.

Battery/hydraulic crimpers available for this very purpose, although not likely anyone's going to buy one for occasional crimps.

EK 50 ML / EK WF 50 ML Electromechanical crimping tool | Klauke

EK 50 ML / EK WF 50 ML Electromechanical crimping tool

www.klauke.com

 

[westward10]

Can we keep this on track discussing crimps has been done to death.

 

[DPG]

Can we keep this on track discussing crimps has been done to death.

Always cheese and onion.

Ooh, you corrected it quickly!!

 

[westward10]

How in went to crisps I don't know

 

[MJPD29]

Couple of 'Dodgy' terminations on a recently refurbished job!

How do they sleep at night? That would drive me mental

 

[Dustydazzler]

How do they sleep at night? That would drive me mental

Scary thing is , people who do carp work like that actually think that they have done a good job.