I have a Greenlee K05-1GL crimper and it has been fine for my purposes. As far as lugs I mostly use T&B but Burndy, Panduit, etc. are all pretty much interchangeable. The longer lugs that get crimped twice are perhaps a little better for critical applications.
-----Original Message----- From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Caleb Knauer Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2020 9:00 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Ground lugs and tools Thanks y'all! On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 6:04 PM <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > > Burndy crimpers are very nice. Very expensive too. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Prince > Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2020 4:02 PM > To: af@af.afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Ground lugs and tools > > I got one a long time ago from Harbor Freight (no comments please). It > was only about $60, and I think it is rated at 8 tons. It comes in a > nice case and has a bunch of different sized dies. I think I got it > originally to crimp some stainless cable rail ends. I didn't have high > expectations for it, but it's always worked just fine. On softer > things like copper lugs it should work perfectly fine. > > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > On 5/19/2020 2:42 PM, Caleb Knauer wrote: > > What is everyones favorite ground lug and compression tool setup for > > bonding grounds (surge protector, rack, equipment, etc) to bus bars > > in equipment shelters? Anything stand out above the rest? > > > > Caleb > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com