Anvil Interchangeable Heavy Duty Crimper

RE: Anvil Interchangeable Heavy Duty Crimper

shabaz — Sat, 03 Feb 2018 14:55:58 GMT

Hi Donald,

It is great to see what tools you use, and their results! The lesson I've learned over the years is to always buy a lot more connectors than needed, because it is easy to forget how to perform the crimp (e.g. which notch to use in the tool for which sized crimp) unless it is a particular crimp that is frequently performed.

I agree with [mention:8fb233e8974445138ef0af2b63b49f94:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05], the multipurpose tool at the top of the image (yellow handled one) I struggle to do anything good with it as far as crimps are concerned. The other tools look great.

The one I use currently for the spade type crimps (both insulated and non-insulated) is really low-cost, but surprisingly good - Duratool HT-230C/HT-236CDuratool HT-230C/HT-236C . I'll write up a short report with some more photos of the results along with some of the other crimp tools. I have a few mid-priced crimp tools, but the low-cost Duratool ones are really good value.

Here is a photo of the results of an uninsulated crimp, and also the insulated 'Faston' style crimp.

For the uninsulated crimp, it is a single operation to crimp the conductor and the insulation.

The Faston ones are slightly longer, so they are not perfect. I crimp so that the conductor is done, but that means the insulator grip part of it is only partially crimped so then I have to move it and re-crimp to finish the insulator-gripping end of it, but I can get to a state that is successfully grips the insulation and provide strain relief.

Generally I prefer using non-faston, and putting a boot on the connector or heat-shrink tubing.

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RE: Anvil Interchangeable Heavy Duty Crimper

mcb1 — Sat, 03 Feb 2018 08:20:27 GMT

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We used to be able to get crimpers with interchangable dies waaayyyy back in the late 80's.

In our case it was the RF coax dies we used.

I can't recall the manufacturer, but they were much cheaper than seperate crimpers.

My understanding is that the electrical industry is moving away from the 'push something into the lug' style to hexagonal/octagonal compression squeezing.

Certainly in the slightly larger versions it seems to be the case.

Both the Teng and Anvil seem to be the indenting style, and as your photo of the yellow 6mm insulated lugs show the wires only touch the lug where the indent is.

The multipurpose crimper (yellow handle) in the top picture is really only useful for stripping wires and cutting off screws IMO.

The "squash the lug" style of these results in a poor joint, and is the wrong application for insulated lugs.

When you use the model below, it folds the lug body into itself, biting into the wires and producing a stronger and electrically better joint.

It also correctly compress'es the lug and the plastic sleeve around the wire to provide strain relief in one motion.

They are often found on sale and not expensive, so don't be tempted to fall for the multipurpose.

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Looks like the Anvil set is a great solution.

Mark

RE: Anvil Interchangeable Heavy Duty Crimper

jw0752 — Sat, 03 Feb 2018 02:44:13 GMT

Hi Donald,

Thanks for the nice review on these different crimpers. It is always difficult to find a tool that really matches the needs and application. It is almost as if the designers don't actually use the tools themselves.

John