June 20, 20233 yr Nervous off a bad crimp especially on battery cables to inverter. It is so easy to overlook in the heat of an installation. Decided to purchase decent hydraulic hex crimper with ratchet cable cutter. Also set for MC4 connectors. Had this in mind feel free to share what you guys use hex,quad need a decent safe crimp on 35mm² and 50mm². And on MC4 connectors. I am sorted on ac crimpers. This one or This one. MC4 SET WITH CRIMPER.
June 21, 20233 yr I have 2 and 4. My battery cables are 70mm² and the 2nd option does them fine on the brand Lug i use(copper) but no so well on the harder cheap lugs a lot of people buy. the clamp does them but without the leverage the top one offers it's a lot of extra pressure you need to apply. My smaller crimpers look like the one in #4 but i dont have the extra MC-4 stuff with it. I do however have 5 or 6 different Jaw moulds i can change over so they do just about anything up to 25mm² (i think that was the largest crimp anyway) but really only use them for the smaller stuff. I use the other set for anything over 10mm²
June 21, 20233 yr Author 3 hours ago, Webbie said: I have 2 and 4. My battery cables are 70mm² and the 2nd option does them fine on the brand Lug i use(copper) but no so well on the harder cheap lugs a lot of people buy. the clamp does them but without the leverage the top one offers it's a lot of extra pressure you need to apply. My smaller crimpers look like the one in #4 but i dont have the extra MC-4 stuff with it. I do however have 5 or 6 different Jaw moulds i can change over so they do just about anything up to 25mm² (i think that was the largest crimp anyway) but really only use them for the smaller stuff. I use the other set for anything over 10mm² Thanks for the reply makes sense " work smarter not harder" 😜
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