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The breaker post weakness came up on the list a couple of years
back, and Midnite responded by switching to the sturdier post. I
haven't tried the 300 v versions though. I also haven't kept up
with what Outback is using, but that post design should have never
been used on anything beyond stranded 10 ga. They regularly had
them on 80 amp breakers. I still have to deal with this issue every
time I work on an system older than a couple of years, so this is
going to still haunt us for decades.........<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">R.Ray Walters
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Nabcep Certified PV Installer,
Licensed Master Electrician
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/4/2015 5:42 PM, Kirpal Khalsa
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<div dir="ltr">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.
<div>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.
<div>Made me realize a high quality crimp without the
stiffening of the wire will help reduce this problem. Those
breakers are expensive! </div>
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<div>Thanks for the advice!!</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 12:26 PM, Luke
Christy <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Khirpa,<br>
We use a high quality mini hex crimper with rotatable dies
for #8-1/0 AWG. It is basically a miniature version of the
Hex-Crimp battery lug crimper sold by Quick Cable. The one I
have is older and no longer has the manufacturer label, but
I believe it was marketed as a Cub Crimper. A quick web
search shows that there is still a similar crimper sold
under that name. At any rate, I have been very pleased with
this crimper, and I'd recommend it.<br>
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> Greetings wrenches. ....we would like to vet a good
quality crimper for crimping copper ring terminals to
our mid range wire sizes....Any of you have a good
quality crimping tool you can recommend. ...wire sizes I
am looking to crimp are #2-#8 AWG.....<br>
> Thanks in advance!<br>
> Kirpal Khalsa<br>
> Oregon Solarworks<br>
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