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02-16-2023, 07:15 PM | #1 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: Richmond,Virginia
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Making battery cables
Look for a good quality hydraulic crimper. What do you recommend. The ones I have look up online (Amazon) do not have good reviews. Alot say if you are crimping a 6 gauge wire you first crimp with the 6 gauge die thin repeat with the 4-gauge die. I have manual crimper that sucks!
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02-17-2023, 10:02 AM | #2 |
Bonafide Nincompoop
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Charlottesburg Va
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Re: Making battery cables
I got one of the cheapos years ago and quality is.... meh. But it was only like $40.
It works, actually pretty well for 4ga cables, which is mostly what I use it for. There are various hand crimpers that are probably easier, but are mostly only for 1 or 2 crimp sizes. So you buy two or three different ones if you need to do more than one size cable. I have one that has three sizes in the jaw and use it for aluminum cable swages. I think its a 30" size, and does up to 5/8" swages pretty easy. If you really want to go all out you could order a $5,000 Gates hydraulic crimper and get all the dies to make hydraulic hoses to help pay for it. |
02-17-2023, 07:00 PM | #3 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: Richmond,Virginia
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Re: Making battery cables
I will be doing mostly 6 an 4-gauge cables. Hand crimpers are really hard for me to work now.
Ya Gates does make a nice crimper we had one at the shop were I worked. We made all your battery cables, air hoses and hydraulic hoses. May be just a little over kill at this stage of the game for me. Going to have to do some more searching on line. |
02-20-2023, 01:40 PM | #4 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Reddick IL
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Re: Making battery cables
still live by the shop? maybe dry fit and hire them to crunch them, maybe cheaper than buying crimers.
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02-20-2023, 02:00 PM | #5 |
Born to be Wild
Join Date: Feb 2019
Location: Palm Harbor Florida
Posts: 2,729
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Re: Making battery cables
You might try a battery shop such as "Battery Wholesale". I had them crimp, solder and heat shrink 6 of them for my boat for me and they wouldn't take any money for the job. I supplied all the materials and they did the labor. Left $20 on their work bench and I'm sure they wondered where it came from later.
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02-22-2023, 08:37 AM | #6 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: Richmond,Virginia
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Re: Making battery cables
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02-22-2023, 08:39 AM | #7 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Apr 2008
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Re: Making battery cables
I made my 2wg cables yesterday with a economical crimper I bought last year on amazon thats worked well for me for a couple projects now. I used this one. it provides a solid crimp with the terminals I used.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 On the flip side I found trying to use this crimper to crimp the wrong size terminal ends to the wrong size cable doesnt work well... YMMV |
02-22-2023, 08:52 AM | #8 | |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: Richmond,Virginia
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Re: Making battery cables
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I figured up the cost to make cables not much difference in having them made. I have to get a set of batteries I will ask them what they charge. |
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06-11-2023, 04:26 PM | #9 |
Not Yet Wild
Join Date: Jan 2016
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Re: Making battery cables
Vice works for me so far so good
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06-12-2023, 06:45 AM | #10 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Sep 2022
Location: Minnesota
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Re: Making battery cables
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
This is what I have and used to create battery cables for the portable power boxes I built. Biggest I have crimped with it so far is 4ga |
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