hydraulic crimper

shanky887614

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what do you guys think of this?

worth having a go at £35? (10-300mm hex crimper)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hydraulic-C...8&qid=1428355353&sr=8-1&keywords=16mm+crimper

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Probably ok for the smaller sizes, but would you really feel comfortable using that on the bigger cables? IIRC a good quality crimping tool will cost in excess of £300.
 
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I would be wary of the price structure,there is good reason why a decent set costs considerably more,quality of manufacture and material is usually the most common
 
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The oil in one of our crimper sets costs more than them alone !
I would not be able to get off to the land of nod each night , if they went out on one of our jobs .
 
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They've been on eBay for a couple of years at a similar price. I'm sure some forum users must have had a go with them, but I haven't.
The only sets of hydraulic crimpers I have used have been well over the £500 mark.
 
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i know a guy that has been using a similar set they got from ebay for years and they dont have any problems with it.

does it need calibrating though, they have seperate jaws for each size so you tighten till jaws are clossed.

they wouldnt be used on very large cables to be honest as the biggest cable ive ever had to crimp was 70mm
 
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I'm speechless. A single die set for my hydraulic crimper costs 5 times more than that entire kit.

The little angel on one shoulder is telling me there's no way that thing is going to work and it'sa complete waste of money but the little devil on the other is saying how can you not buy one at that price and at least try it.

Let me know how it goes if you decide to buy.
 
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uksparks said:
I got a lot looks similar, set me be back about £100, used it a few times for some chunkier cable, to be honest I have no requirement for one but its handy when I need it.
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thats the reason i was looking at hydraulic sets.

there quite convinient when you have to walk a couple miles with your tools to get to the job
 
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For the small stuff we tend to use SWA manual crimp sets , having said that , they are far from top of the range .
We only buy through the wholesalers for things like these , for a audit trail if ever needed

Edit; For the big stuff we use cembre
 
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shanky887614 said:
i know a guy that has been using a similar set they got from ebay for years and they dont have any problems with it.

does it need calibrating though, they have seperate jaws for each size so you tighten till jaws are clossed.

they wouldnt be used on very large cables to be honest as the biggest cable ive ever had to crimp was 75mm
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I'm sure he is working away great with his Black and Decker Power tools as well.

Calibration is a must. The pull test is fine for small sizes, but don't think I'd trust it too much on 300's.

I take it 75mm is a typo and either meant to be 70 or 95. If you are installing cable that costs that much...get a crimper to suit. Not a 35 quid jobbie!
 
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123 said:
I'm sure he is working away great with his Black and Decker Power tools as well.

Calibration is a must. The pull test is fine for small sizes, but don't think I'd trust it too much on 300's.

I take it 75mm is a typo and either meant to be 70 or 95. If you are installing cable that costs that much...get a crimper to suit. Not a 35 quid jobbie!
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yes it was a typo, only used it once for a 200amp supply
 
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shanky887614 said:
are you joking? there light compared to say the manual version that can crimp 70mm+ cable

the sets are about as long as your forearm
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I have a manual version that goes up to 95mm. It's much much lighter than the hydraulic version with all its separate dies. Its got no oil after all, and no separate sets of dies.
 
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123 said:
I have a manual version that goes up to 95mm. It's much much lighter than the hydraulic version with all its separate dies. Its got no oil after all, and no separate sets of dies.
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your version must be a lot lighter than ours then, its bulky and horrible to use. crimping 70mm is a struggle trying to keep the cable and crimp in the jaw

which one have you got?
 
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Calibration is a must. The pull test is fine for small sizes, but don't think I'd trust it too much on 300's.
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The two sets we had (50→300 and 400→960) both sets closed to a mating surface. Why would a set like that require calibration?

The whole crimp was competed in one action. OK they needed an Enerpack to operate them. I don’t like units that need more than one individual crimp. When it comes to aluminium cables there is no way a multiple crimp would be acceptable or reliable.

The beauty of the separate Enerpack was you could get the head in to a terminal chamber fairly easily (nothings easy when you’re dealing with large cables).

It’s up to you Shanky but remember you get what you pay for. I know they wouldn’t have lasted long with me.

As an experiment I cut a 70mm² Cu and a 195mm² Al through the centre of the crimp. To the naked eye they were solid. Dye penetration showed minor voids in the copper crimp the aluminum crimp was to all intense and purpose solid.
 
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They look very similar to a set we acquired from a job, only difference is colour, they wasn't that cheap though (probably about double) but this was about 4 years ago so they may have dropped in price.

I dont like them, the bigger sizes we tried and you could pull the lug off!!. They dont click when you have reached the limit either like usual. You just have to pump until you cant physically pump but its like it needs to go further. We tried putting the next size die down on to try it, then it seemed solid but obviously thats no good so we just jibbed it. The smaller sizes seem to be ok say 35mm and below but we just didnt trust them.
 
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