I'm looking for a basic JST (Japanese solderless terminal or uninsulated crimp, ) crimper "pliers" rather than ratchet and I don't want to spend too much, I have a MC4 crimper which does the job but it's too heavy to take on a plane! Plus we don't use them that much so it's more on the...
Hello fellow forum members, I have been looking at doing a crimping and connecting course with a well known manufacturer of cable accessories and connectors which they issue a certificate for as well as a soldering course as I have been asked for IPC610 certification for a few jobs at interview...
Hi - how does everyone get on crimping these compacted conductors. they are way smaller diameter than standard
equivalent size. Icould get a 25mmlugonto a 35mm conductor. whats best practise?
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I have recently been repairing a crepe cooker and a hotplate where the thermal fuse has gone. My problem is how best to make the joints between the stranded wire and the solid strand legs of the replacement thermal fuse. The original thermal fuse was connected via a kind of crimp...
Hello everybody,
I’m new at a cable assembling company which wants to purchase battery powered cable crimping and cutting tools.
Somehow it’s difficult to find relevant information about these tools on the manufacturer’s webpages. I’d like to participate in the purchasing discussion of my new...
Evening all, hoping someone can clear something up for me.
I was told today that all stranded flex cables need to be pin crimped or soldered before connections are made, eg, for a towel rail or small wall heater etc. He said the regs were altered in April 2012?
This is the first I've heard...
I need to move a number of downlighter positions. What is the best recommended mod, should i crimp the new cables with heat shrink connectors or use maintainence free junction boxes as the old positions will be plastered over?
I'm looking for some Military spec ratchet crimp tools for Insulated Yellow/Black , Red, Blue and non insulated terminal crimps, I'm not sure of manufacturers names as yet , but can anyone suggest a UK supplier which is reasonable as I know these are expensive!
Hi everyone,
Does anybody know if these crimpers are for crimping metal lugs? I have a pair but never used them.
http://cpc.farnell.com/1/1/10472-crimper-ratchet-10-25mm-430022-ck-tools.html
Thanks in advance.
I only intend to use them one or two times, but last year I went for the cheapest available and the tools started splaying after only a day of use, becoming near useless. So I want to get something decent.
I need to crimp three things and I'm hoping to be able to do it all in one, without...
I'm looking to move a CU which will need cables extending. Rather than have a large junction box I am considering crimping the extensions on. I know there are two camps on crimping, but it's either a crimp or a DIN rail JB which I'd rather not use. So then, now I need to select a tool. Lots of...
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So as the title says I recently had to crimp some 6mm T+E using yellow pre-insulated butt crimps. I have a pair of Engex ratchet crimping pliers, which work very well with red and blue crimps, but when I tried to crimp the 6mm the crimps could be easily pulled from the cable. I...
hi prob a simple ans but was just wondering if wire crimping to extend them is ok for regs and safe etc or would i need to just just put a new full length of wire in. Its not getting done just wanted to know for future reference as i had a quick look thru my book and could not find nothing. I...
I am wiring my own panels with cables and want the crimp tool that will crimp 4mm in the connection box. Anyone who has done this will know you need a specific tool for the job. It will be able to crimp "at the tip" with limited space.
Can anyone suggest the best tool for the job please?
Hi everyone,
I am currently conducting some research into electric crimping tools for a research project. I found it very difficult to obtain sufficient information on the tool itself and the fields of application. I am aware that electricians use manual crimping tools on a regular if not daily...
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Joining a looped neutral in a plaster mounted lighting switch box.
Back in my sad old day... we used plastic connector blocks, which I seem to remember were binned a while back.
What are people using these days?
I watched the sparky on a site the other week crimping all his connections...
Hi,
I need to obtain a replacement screw S2 for my part MC3 and MC4 crimping tool.
Can anyone suggest where I can get this from please?
Thank you
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I meant screw S1
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