[RE-wrenches] #2 -#8 AWG Crimpers
Luke Christy
sgsrenewables at gmail.com
Thu Jun 4 17:46:22 PDT 2015
Kirpal,
Glad to help.
By the way, I just realized that I completely butchered your name in my earlier post…My apologies for that. Typing on a smartphone didn't help.
-Luke
On Jun 4, 2015, at 5:42 PM, Kirpal Khalsa <solarworks at gmail.com> wrote:
> Luke, Mick Jay.....Thank you for the feedback..I just ordered a set of the cub crimpers...I think it is going to be a useful addition to our tool chest.
> What prompted this is that we often solder our ring terminals on but it tends to stiffen the copper wire.....We use alot of the Midnite panel mount breakers and the 300VDC breakers still have the really chincy terminal posts which break off with just the slightest twisting of the wire....Over the years Outback Power also used those breakers and we have piles of those brand new crappy breakers which have a broken terminal post....I noted some of the single pole panel mount breakers have a sturdier terminal post and this problem is going away....I am hoping this can happen for all the panel mount breakers these manufacturers sell.
> Made me realize a high quality crimp without the stiffening of the wire will help reduce this problem. Those breakers are expensive!
> Thanks for the advice!!
>
> Sunny Regards,
> Kirpal Khalsa
> NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional
> Oregon Solarworks LLC
> www.oregonsolarworks.com
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> 541-299-0402 o
>
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