I love our Milwaukee Force Logic crimper - beautiful, effortless crimps in small spaces We get nice flared crimp lugs of all various sizes from PV Cables Inc. - Bryan over there takes good care of us. After years of doing crimps manually the knuckles on my hands really appreciate the battery powered devices. For stripping the wire I like the sire slitter/stripper like this <https://www.grainger.com/product/1YMZ9?gucid=N:N:PS:Paid:GGL:CSM-2295:18RRZB:20500801:APZ_1&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwmt24BhDPARIsAJFYKk2GPKxZ3eDscyn5Pn76lwedKFzoYtPQaUMMOfjIgc6AlzYDww-5mwcaAlhzEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds> one available online. These are good at removing insulation without disturbing the strands inside making it easy to slip into a flared lug and even doable if not flared. One of my other favorite tools is the battery powered Milwaukee hole punch. Those two tools really make doing battery based systems much more efficient with clean tidy results. Keep up the good work. Happy fall!
Sunny Regards, Kirpal Khalsa Oregon LRT#25 Oregon Solarworks LLC www.oregonsolarworks.com 541-299-0402 >> >> On Tue, Oct 22, 2024 at 3:32 PM Sindelar Solar via RE-wrenches < >> re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote: >> >>> Jason, >>> Here's a simple trick for getting fine-stranded cable into a lug: Make >>> two very careful radial cuts around the end of the insulation, one at the >>> intended end of the insulation and a second about halfway or less toward >>> the cable end. Remove the ring of insulation closest to the end. Slide the >>> remaining ring to the end of the cable but don't remove it from the cable. >>> Press the cable end into the lug opening as far as it will go; the ring of >>> insulation holds the strands together. Slit the ring and push it the rest >>> of the way into the lug. Crimp. >>> Allan >>> >>> On 10/22/2024 12:03 PM, Jason Szumlanski via RE-wrenches wrote: >>> >>> Maybe it's the lugs I am using, but even when I VERY carefully strip 4/0 >>> fine stranded cable, it is very difficult to get all strands into the lugs. >>> I don't think a mechanical stripper would be workable, but maybe I'm doing >>> something wrong. >>> >>> I gave up on Magna Lugs in favor of the flared lugs from PV-Cables.com. >>> Jason Szumlanski >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> List sponsored by Redwood Alliance >>> >>> Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org >>> >>> 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 >>> >>> There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try >>> the other: >>> https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/ >>> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org >>> >>> List rules & etiquette: >>> http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm >>> >>> Check out or update participant bios: >>> http://www.members.re-wrenches.org >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >> List sponsored by Redwood Alliance >> >> Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org >> >> 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 >> >> There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the >> other: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/ >> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org >> >> List rules & etiquette: >> http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm >> >> Check out or update participant bios: >> http://www.members.re-wrenches.org >> >> > > -- > > Michael Morningstar > > > Morningstar Electric Inc > > PO Box 1494 > > Mount Shasta, CA 96067 > > 530-921-0560 > > CSLB 1116835 > > mjmornings...@gmail.com > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org > > 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 > > There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the > other: > https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/ > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > http://www.members.re-wrenches.org > >
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