I'm with Ray on this, Allan. 27 years of using Burndy and Greenlee crimpers with tinned copper lugs on battery and inverter cables without a failure says a lot. Like Ray, we do set it a little "tighter" than the scale indicates.
Daryl > If there actually is a small hydraulic pump connected between those > handles? > I have had previous experience a lot Chinese hydraulics, engines, > generators > > Chinese hydraulics and engines have bad habits of seeping oil if not > downright leaking! > Their certainly looks like there's no room there for a reasonably sized > reservoir to store the hydraulic oil. > > If it's being sold for 50 bucks it's probably coming out of China for 10 ! > > Then you still have to consider the fact that if, unless it has changed I > believe the crimpers still need to be UL listed > > No way they're going to spend the money for that! > > Interesting toy to play with but I don't think it would hold up, do good > cramps or be legal > > > Bob Ellison > >> On Feb 6, 2015, at 6:35 PM, Allan Sindelar <al...@sindelarsolar.com> >> wrote: >> >> Wrenches, >> Has anyone used the cheap Chinese hydraulic cable crimpers? Any field >> reports? Dies appear to be metric; do they correspond to AWG? All of >> these kits run about $45, which is absurd, as a Klein manual crimper for >> up to 4/0 runs $200+, and that's what I expected to buy before I came >> across lots of these on Ebay. >> >> An example: >> http://www.ebay.com/itm/16-Ton-Hydraulic-Wire-Crimper-Crimping-Tool-11-Dies-Battery-Cable-Lug-Terminal-/310896486645?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4862dfe8f5 >> >> I'm hesitant without good reviews, but it's tempting. No lectures, >> please. >> >> Thank you, >> Allan >> >> -- >> Allan Sindelar >> al...@sindelarsolar.com >> NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional >> NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional >> New Mexico EE98J Journeyman Electrician >> Founder (Retired), Positive Energy, Inc. >> 505 780-2738 cell >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> List sponsored by Redwood Alliance >> >> List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org >> >> Change listserver email address & settings: >> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org >> >> List-Archive: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html >> >> List rules & etiquette: >> www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm >> >> Check out or update participant bios: >> www.members.re-wrenches.org >> > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
