Crimps in consumer unit?

[Silly Sausage]

Ha, know what you mean, gave up after 5 mins.
An email/phone call, quoting crimp number is probably easiest.

 

[zap]

Usually, no price = expensive, in my book...
I'll do some more research (or phone/email) this afternoon and report my findings.

 

[zap]

I did get a response and there are two available from three well known store names. I'm not getting a response from them as of now so I'll try again tomorrow morning.

 

[zap]

Here we go, I suggest you're sitting when reading this and don't get caught in the stampede to purchase them. :ihih:
All items are manufactured by Klauke.

SV1525 Uninsulated butt crimps (100) for solid copper conductors of 1.5/2.5mm² £9.70 +VAT £11.64

K2 Indent crimping tool suitable for SV1525 crimps £75.78 +VAT £90.94

K93 Hex crimping tool suitable for SV1525 crimps £155.03 +VAT £186.04

Supplier: The company who do tricks with electrical cables. 01327 876769

They don't seem to have crimps for solid 1mm² conductors.

I thought my crimpers were expensive at £20 and £31 and apparently not compliant for solid conductors.

 

[bigbaddave]

I thought this was a fault finding thread to why there was no juice..

Chimps in the consumer unit I thought it read

 

[zap]

I learn so much from this site that I don't mind doing some donkey work as a way of showing my appreciation.
btw great photo

 

[Engineer54]

Here we go, I suggest you're sitting when reading this and don't get caught in the stampede to purchase them. :ihih:
All items are manufactured by Klauke.

SV1525 Uninsulated butt crimps (100) for solid copper conductors of 1.5/2.5mm² £9.70 +VAT £11.64

K2 Indent crimping tool suitable for SV1525 crimps £75.78 +VAT £90.94

K93 Hex crimping tool suitable for SV1525 crimps £155.03 +VAT £186.04

Supplier: The company who do tricks with electrical cables. 01327 876769

They don't seem to have crimps for solid 1mm² conductors.

I thought my crimpers were expensive at £20 and £31 and apparently not compliant for solid conductors.

If your mad enough to spend that much on a crimping tool more fool you!! I've been using good quality crimp tools on equally good quality butt and other crimps for donkey's years now, and never had a failure i know about yet!!

As i've stated, i prefer bare crimping components, (or the heat shrink insulated type) so it's an indent type crimping tool that i use, that deforms the conductor within the crimp. Then it's just a matter of heat shrink tubing to insulate, usually one over the crimp connection, (butt crimps) and another over all to meet conductors insulation...

 

[zap]

If your mad enough to spend that much on a crimping tool more fool you!! I've been using good quality crimp tools on equally good quality butt and other crimps for donkey's years now, and never had a failure i know about yet!!

As i've stated, i prefer bare crimping components, (or the heat shrink insulated type) so it's an indent type crimping tool that i use, that deforms the conductor within the crimp. Then it's just a matter of heat shrink tubing to insulate, usually one over the crimp connection, (butt crimps) and another over all to meet conductors insulation...

Totally agree,54.
Can you alucidate? i.e. brand(s), supplier(s) and cost(s).

 

[Silly Sausage]

Thanks for finding all that out Zap!
I'll put them on my 'Things to buy when I'm a Millionaire' list.

In the meantime, I'll carry on with regular crimps. Bearing in mind we're talking about fixed wiring joints here, under no mechanical stress or strain.

If they're good enough for E54, they're good enough for me!

 

[Engineer54]

Totally agree,54.
Can you alucidate? i.e. brand(s), supplier(s) and cost(s).

Most of the crimp terminals were purchased in the main from RS, the crimping tool is a BICC supplied tool, can't say i remember the model, as it's back home in Cyprus!! lol!! Also have other crimping tools, some of them are HURA (or something like that anyway) ...lol!!

Sorry can't give you prices, as mine all come from the various contractors over the years!! lol!!

 

[Darkwood]

Cheers Zap :smug: ive tried to dig out the solid core crimpers in the past to back my argument up but as you have found its a bugger to try get details and costing but this aside the very fact that they make a butt crimp designed for solid and a crimping tool to suit re-enforces my argument the standard £20-£30 ratchet crimpet in some sparkies tool kit is not suitable for solid nor are the R/Y/B crimps or why would they make ratchet and crimps designed for solids in the first place.

 

[zap]

In fairness, I did receive confirmation of suitability from other enquiries but the data sheets didn't support their claims.

 

[amlu]

I`m using a forge steel ratchet crimper, insulated red (for 1 and 1,5mm) and blue (2.5mm) crimps, from screwfix. never had any issues with it.

 

[Darkwood]

I`m using a forge steel ratchet crimper, insulated red (for 1 and 1,5mm) and blue (2.5mm) crimps, from screwfix. never had any issues with it.

Amlu read the lengthy thread it digresssed to a thread about crimping solid core cables and the fact that you shouldn't with standard crimps and ratchet ... and as Zap has discovered the correct crimper can cost you £100 and the butt crimps that you need to use for solid are on a link he posted, we are not debating the quality of crimpers on the market.

 

[HandySparks]

In fairness, I did receive confirmation of suitability from other enquiries but the data sheets didn't support their claims.

It's often the case. If it's not writing, take it with a pinch of salt.