I bought this from ebay, Crimping tool from 6mm to 50mm
very resonable price and works a treat!!
Got to be the cheapest around and to be fair its well made aswell
Thought I share it with the community!!
NEW CRIMPING TOOL NETWORK CRIMPER CABLE CUTTER TOOL HAND TOOL CRIMPER 6- 50 mm ² | eBay
Now out of the solar game and selling my crimping tool on
Its a rachet version, i paid around £50, will accept £25 + £3 postage
Also selling a Solar Irradiance Meter, please see other thread
Looking to buy a crimping tool fr re-crimping tags on a meter, only ones i can find are the round crimps which surely the suppliers dont even use ? Anyone have any ideas on whats the best way or where to buy a decent set with the flat tags in ?
Cheers
When it comes to crimping uninsulated lugs, whats best, a crimp tool thats does a hex shaped crimp or one that makes an indent into the terminal.
Just got a crimp tool, similar to this link but made by Tyco Electronics.
CMP8 Copper Tube Hex Crimp Crimper 6mm2 - 50mm2 Cable Size Tool is 39cm...
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Hi,
Anyone here see any problems crimping 16mm lateral mains as a repair as opposed to re-running a complete new cable? I'm talking line, neautral and earth for 12 flats, 60Amp fuse. Junkies keep on nicking all the cable.
Thanks
Jammin
Can anybody recommend a MC4 crimping tool and cable stripper, either sold as a set or individual and please don't tell me to wait until the 8th December when there will be loads going spare!
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Is there a way of extending the red...
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I'm after one but struggling to find one that's not in the £££ hundreds... Are they generally this expensive?
I want something that will crimp 25mm and upwards..
Anyone recommend anything?
Just doing a bit of crimping practise on 6mm using the yellow crimps, I have a ratchet crimper, but I am sure that I can see metal through the crimp, is this normal or is something wrong??. As I have said, it is a ratchet crimper so it only releases when the crimp is finished.
If I crimp and...
Safe isolation lockout kit and kewtchnik bootlace ferrule crimping pliers both listed on fleabay if anyone is interested
crimping plieres listing no 180622236700
lockout kit listing no 180622241878
I'm looking for a set of Klein pliers / connector crimpers model 12098.
The Klein universal pliers / connector crimpers have a crimping die behind the hinge for superior leverage while crimping.Does anyone know where I can find a pair of these pliers,tryed ordering from USA but they want min...
Hi,
Could I ask if we can get away without buying the specialist MC4 crimping tool? It's £200 at the moment and I'm not sure how necessary it is..
Cheers!
DomB
i has said i am looking for a new crimping tool my boss uses a ck one (red,blue,yellow) crimps and it seems to be ok is there ant better ones and does anyone know where i can get them for a good price a link would be great folks and cheers in advance
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