At work, we replaced all the welding cable (lots of fine strands) with very stiff wire made up of fewer thicker wires. I was told the welding cable would not give a reliable crimp.... 48 volt hundreds of amp stuff...
You need the correct size die that crimps on all sides, along with enough force to crush the wire. I just soldered my connectors, I never liked crimps, especially unprofessional ones.... Brett N2DTS > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Stephen W. Kercel > Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 4:40 PM > To: Tom Hammond; Ken Kopp; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 power cables source > > Tom: > > Interesting insight about No 10 wire made up of very fine strands. > The failure more that your local friend has run into with No 10 is > exactly the failure mode that I've run into as well. > > Caution to all list members, as Tom also points out: DO NOT WASTE > YOUR MONEY ON THE WEST MOUNTAIN PLIER CRIMPER. > > 73, > > St _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
