[RE-wrenches] Cable crimper question

RE Ellison reellison at gmail.com
Sat Feb 7 05:35:54 PST 2015


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 <allan at 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
> 
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