<div dir="ltr"><div>Pin adapters. Crimp on your fine strand and gives you a nice solid. Here is an example:</div><div><a href="https://www.ilsco.com/Ilsco/ccrz__ProductDetails?sku=F2C-1%2F0-1%2F0-ILSM-ILS&cclcl=en_US">https://www.ilsco.com/Ilsco/ccrz__ProductDetails?sku=F2C-1%2F0-1%2F0-ILSM-ILS&cclcl=en_US</a></div><div><br></div><div>Otherwise you need to get proper ferrule crimpers to do the big size ferrules. Something like this:</div><div><a href="https://www.ferrulesdirect.com/collections/hand-crimping-tools/products/vag240">https://www.ferrulesdirect.com/collections/hand-crimping-tools/products/vag240</a></div><div>(interestingly, the above company does have cheap pin adapters as well. Perfect for going with cheap inverters?)</div><div><br></div><div>FYI</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>-James Jefferson Jarvis<br>APRS World, LLC<br>+1-507-454-2727<br></div><a href="http://www.aprsworld.com/" target="_blank">http://www.aprsworld.com/</a><br></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Aug 27, 2025 at 9:41 AM William Miller via RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Friends:</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">More inverters these days present lugs for battery connections instead of studs. I bought some 2/0 and 4/0 ferrules to accommodate the fine stranded MTW we use. I have a cheap hex crimper but the results are poor with a sharp “wing” on either side of the crimp. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">What does the hive mind suggest for a ferrule and crimper for these larger wire sizes?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks in advance. <br clear="all"><br><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">William Miller<br>Miller Solar.com<br>805-438-5600<br><a href="http://www.millersolar.com" target="_blank">www.millersolar.com</a><br></div></div></div>
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