Wire Terminal Crimpers - What do you use?
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I am looking at upgradeing my wire crimpers. I have always used the cheap ones that came in a kit from the autoparts store. This style: What would you recomend for an upgrade?
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Re: Wire Terminal Crimpers - What do you use?
[Re: STLDuster]
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Mine looks pretty similar to that and works fine. I suppose there might be some really nice ones out there, but I never looked.
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Re: Wire Terminal Crimpers - What do you use?
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I agree with TO crimp they are better and get a tighter crimp...the other style can still do your stripping and odds and ends
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Re: Wire Terminal Crimpers - What do you use?
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These work the best from my experience and I've tried them all in a lifetime of working in electronics. I can say from experience these work better then the blue handle ones in the pic as I've had both.
$20 is cheap too...
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Re: Wire Terminal Crimpers - What do you use?
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A good crimper for insulated terminals should crimp both the terminal and also crimp the strain relief portion behind it onto the wire insulation in one operation.
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Re: Wire Terminal Crimpers - What do you use?
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A good crimper for insulated terminals should crimp both the terminal and also crimp the strain relief portion behind it onto the wire insulation in one operation.
Now when I see that type, and pic thats the crimper I want. There out there ,I think you can get them on Ebay for around $30 bus or so. mike
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Re: Wire Terminal Crimpers - What do you use?
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It really depends on what type of terminals you are crimping. I recently got some factory-style terminals and went looking for a tool that would put a factory-style crimp on. That tool is not easy to find, but my boss had one at home...... Well, ok, it's not that they are hard to find, but they are expensive.
If you go to NAPA,they have the correct tool to crimp factory type terminals.Paid around $35.They also have the terminals.
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Re: Wire Terminal Crimpers - What do you use?
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Sta-Kon brand is good if you cam find them. I have one I have used for 25+ years and still crimps and cuts like new. Long handles for extra leverage.
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