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Re: Wire Terminal Crimpers - What do you use?
[Re: Lefty]
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03/11/10 11:18 PM
03/11/10 11:18 PM
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Colorado
denfireguy
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top fuel
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Colorado
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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...
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/OTC-4497/
Another vote. Ratcheting crimpers are state of the art in electronics. I crimp coax, battery leads, radio wiring and Power Pole connectors in applications where lives depend on their dependability. Ratchets apply the crimp with the right force before they release, not before and not after. The result is a uniformly good crimp and repeatable over and over.
Craig
2014 Ram 1500 Laramie, 73 Cuda
Previous mopars: 62 Valiant, 65 Fury III, 68 Fury III, 72 Satellite, 74 Satellite, 89 Acclaim, 98 Caravan, 2003 Durango
Only previous Non-Mopar: Schwinn Tornado
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Re: Wire Terminal Crimpers - What do you use?
[Re: John_Kunkel]
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03/12/10 02:01 PM
03/12/10 02:01 PM
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Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 6,516
Santa Cruz, California
Lefty
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master
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 6,516
Santa Cruz, California
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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.
This one does that better than any others I've tried. Nice crimp in the wire portion and on the insulator portion. 
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