Appyasme1
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Only if you are lying on the soil and want to be positive about it.Get it, negative earth
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PhillipM
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You just turn the bottle around.
Appyasme1
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I will probably end up with my misses
Is that only for Lucas wiring or is it compatible with Bosch, Siemens etc ?If it does you just buy a jar of lucas electrical smoke and put it back in with a syringe.
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skotl
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Nah - you need a mirror...
I'd have used red too, it also amused me that they said you have to slide the heatshrink on first but the heatshrink would have easily slid over the terminal.
I have the same brand hydraulic crimper but a smaller model, always makes me smile to see nice hex crimps.
It's just good practise to put the heatshrink on first, with some lugs it is bloody hard/impossible to get it on afterwards especially with fatter cables or lugs with a larger mounting hole, 25mm cable is easy, 95mm cable is harder to work with.
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cheap as chips on ebay
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slim_boy_fat
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Keep your money, most are tosh and disposable unless you buy an adult version.
But....but....but, that's never stopped us before.
Keep your money, most are tosh and disposable unless you buy an adult version.
When I bought mine I spent a bit more than the very cheap ones purely because it looked a nicer tool and the case is better. I bought this one and most likely the cheaper ones are based around the same thing.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HYDRAULI...759536?hash=item45ff95eef0:g:05gAAMXQPatTHkAV
I can say 100% that it is very good and I easily saved that outlay on the Anderson connectors and battery cables I've crimped. I have one friend who would always make do with tools and he bought one immediately after seeing mine in action.
The only things that I've found is even though all the lugs and cables have markings sometimes you need to go a size smaller on former or pack them out. If going a size smaller then you need to think how you orientate the lug as it will gain a couple of "ears" which I think look quite cool if they are in the same plane as the lug eye
The subject has done on this forum a few time and even those buying the £20 ones have been happy with them.
If you work in the power industry then I'm sure a unit costing way more may be needed for certificates etc.
I'm someone who will often buy a top end tool because it's nicer but I've never regretted buying mine.
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Can’t complain about my cheap yellow one. I’m under no illusion that it’s a top quality product but it certainly works, I wonder how I ever got by without one.
Think I paid £17 for it.
Think I paid £17 for it.
I think it's due to the variances in the lugs, we've a quality one at work and sometimes we have to go down a size to get a good crimp. There is a lot of different lugs out there and some are thinner wall than others and that obviously has a huge impact on whether or not this type of crimper does a good job or not.
Rather than swapping both of the dies for the next size down if you only swop one then you still get a tighter crimp usually without it growing ears.
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Another one! Ware did that come from?
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The patreons..!
