Nope.Aren’t all the places one might want to shove a wire with a ferrule info parallel jaws of some form?
I have some of those. Good for a quick connect. But personally I do not trust them myself.Nope.
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HRTDK seems to have something there. Also on that page are other links to other crimpers you may find helpful. I know what you mean though.Better to spend the money to get it right than to fiddle a$$ around and get frustrated or worse. A short or something bad.So, did anyone chime in with a smaller size (like AWG 18-8) ferrule crimper that produces good results? I bought a little kit of Amazon and the ferrules it produces are very sawtooth in nature. So much so that they don't fit into a socket designed for the specific size. i.e. I tried to put AWG 12 with a ferrule into a terminal block spec'd for 4mm^2 and it wouldn't fit. If I carefully slid the jaws along it lengthwise, to even out the "teeth", it just fits. I do like ferrules, so I am willing to spend some money on a crimper…
Here is an example of an AWG18 ferrule:
And post fiddlef$$king around:
Thoughts?
I have some of those. Good for a quick connect. But personally I do not trust them myself.
But that is me.
Exactly.That particular terminal type isn't any different than all the terminals on my ground bus bar.
The reason I drank the kool-aid on ferrules is that in almost any terminal, you get a more secure connection when using a ferrule. A bare wire tends to splay out within the terminal as its tightened. A properly crimped ferrule doesn't do that.
I am dealing with a failed terminal on an inverter that used 1 gauge cable with no ferrule. This predates my use of ferrules. That's my excuse. The terminal has suffered a fair amount of heat (it melted) due to the terminal not making a solid connection with the stranded cable.
One of those looks similar to one I bought a few days ago.I like them just to neaten things up and prevent a strand getting loose when I am nearing the max gauge of a terminal. I used https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07R8LF34F/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 but unfortunately maxes out at 6. The Iwiss combo tool is a decent too for MC4, ferrule, lugs, colored crimps, etc if you are on a budget and don't have all of the other ones already. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08G48C5NT/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 It is nothing special but for $35 it gets you started and works well enough for a lot of things.
With the current exchange rate that’s $325.