[RE-wrenches] Power Crimper and Stripper Recommendations and Questions

[Sindelar Solar]

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
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