Crimping tools

[matt14]

What tools are you using to crimp battery ends? Are you using a "hammer" crimper, soldering terminals, or a actual crimping tool? What do you fee will serve as the best?When we did my system, we used a hammer crimper that i bought from out mobil electrical sales guy for 30$. I've seen this tool and wasnt sure how good it would work, http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=66396
and if soldering the ends on, would this create more resistance in the cable? I'm not talking about no 16awg, but some 8awg to 1/0.

 

[NathanJax]

Never seen that took used before. For battery ends and big stuff, it's the hammer crimp...

 

[Eagle]

for 1/0 I use a pair of crimpers a friend has, look like boltcutters. Those things are the bomb with plain lead terminals.


4 or 2 (which usually means gold plated sheetmetal terminals) I either hammer it myself + use dielectrice grease inside to prevent corrosion.
A Brick and a ball peen hammer is All I need to make a dang good crimp on those.

 

[BlizzardX23]

I have two nice crimping tools...heres one set...

https://www.dmctools.com/store/catalog.asp?PRODUCT_ID=241149&BACK=/store/catalog.asp?KEYWORD=12B

-$1,649

and heres my other

https://www.dmctools.com/store/cata...e/catalog.asp?KEYWORD=986&image.x=0&image.y=0

- $749

 

[JKmotorsports]

For 2ga and larger, I use the same tool Nathan posted and then I finish it off with solder and a propane torch for the least amount of voltage drop.

 

[Max]

+1 on the solder. I usually just crimp it with a vise or my brother's ridiculously overpriced telecom crimper.