Who says Vise Grips are for
crimping... where you been, just about everyone in the industry including professional companies uses them in what I see at times. Pliers, vise, Vise Grips or even hammer. Smash that
terminal - you bet it, I have seen it and I doubt others have not seen it either.
Was use of a bad example of how crimps are often made but not unusual as a concept of smashing the
crimp verses displacing that
crimp. Anyone seen a vise
grip made
crimp or worse? Yes! I would suspect at times. This and at times after the show and without proper markings as to something to check after done with the show so as to inspect.
Problems with your own links on the first two tools are as similar but more multi-tool than that of Klien #1005 tools without their cutting jaws removed. You in
ring terminal or especially
crimping and crushing quick
disconnect terminals in getting proper
crimping on the
wire yet also destoying the quick
disconnect by way of all the jazz in front of it crushing it. Should everything be grinded away in front of the
crimp, the stops are also removed and it’s now finger tension - that will
crimp it in a question of
fitting the
crimp barrel in size.
As for
insulation displacement terminals in using tooth tools verses crushing tools, I ignore the
insulation and displace the material as if un-insulated. I would rather a proper
crimp E-Taped over or heat shrinked over when not sufficient
air gap to something that might fail with expansion and contraction or being worried about some small recessed spot exposing
conductor part of the material.
Something properly terminated and not absolutely next to another
terminal as normally, won’t be jumping for an arc. Something preserving outer
insulation of a
terminal but preserving it by way of crushing might in expansion and contraction
wire settling overheat and short at some
point once that outer
insulation melts or breaks away due to overheating from the bad connection.
Call me crazy
etc. all wanted, and even have the example of the third ratching
crimp tool that’s somwhat useful for the tooth style of it. 14+ years in specific study on the subject and get paid well due to what I figured out in compiling in study with another with about double that in experience in studying this.
Crushing a
terminal = bad. Displacing a
terminal = good. Outer
insulation is
insulation but in thinking it’s not compromised due to crushing verses displacement is only a question of where the pressure is applied and how thick it is in any one area. Do not damage the
terminal first goal in properly displacement of the
terminal second. Next
insulation about the
terminal as supported as needed.
Sorry if disagreeing in what’s really simple otherwise I think. Get them terminals properly crimped, than worry about
insulation in if
spacing proper or needing to add to it.
