zathras Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 Goodday, I am doing a DIY solar install with 1 panel. Is anyone able to do 6 crimps with an mc4 crimping tool for me? Johannesburg area (near Norwood). The store I bought the PV cable from did not have the crimping tool. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tetrasection Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 6 hours ago, zathras said: Goodday, I am doing a DIY solar install with 1 panel. Is anyone able to do 6 crimps with an mc4 crimping tool for me? Johannesburg area (near Norwood). The store I bought the PV cable from did not have the crimping tool. Thanks You don't need a special crimper, it's just a standard crimper. Local Computer shop will probably do it for free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenMan Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 2 hours ago, tetrasection said: You don't need a special crimper, it's just a standard crimper. Local Computer shop will probably do it for free. Yes and no. You do get MC4s with pins that a normal crimper will work. These have round holes for the cable to go into. If they look like the ones in the first pic below, then you will need a special crimper that squeezes the open ends into a "m" shape around the bare wire. See second pic below. You can see that the jaws of the crimper have special profiles for bending over the open strips of the connector. If you just have to crimp a few of the second (more common) variety, just solder them ! http://engineer-solar.com/Uploads/Editor/image/20140415/20140415215056_57930.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zathras Posted July 18, 2021 Author Share Posted July 18, 2021 Thanks all. Paid the local solar shop a small fee and they crimped the connectors on for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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