Classic Display Beeps and Shows "GND Fault" Intermittently

[Westbranch]

Look around Fleabay  there are others with larger wire capacity IIRC...

[Solar trucker]

Good suggestion...Westbranch 'm going to browse Ebay and see whats available to do 2(0) and 4(0)  I ordered one of those harbour freight hydraulic crimpers because I also do a lot of smaller gauge stuff like 10 & 8...I got 25% off tonight ordering it online and before midnight....That's not a bad buy for a new crimper of that calibre - 36 bucks!

[Westbranch]

I have one of those , under a different brand, they work very nicely...  as someone pointed out, maybe another thread, use the smallest one possible, as the dies are some weird metric version, and then recrimp with one smaller again.

[ClassicCrazy]

Hey Larry......thanks for the link to that hydraulic Crimper...I watched the video and it does look pretty awesome!
Too bad the largest gauge it will do is 0/0...but I definitely will pick one up, actually tomorrow here in yuma as
it will be very handy for all the 8, 10, and 12 gauge stuff I want to do from time to time...

I drilled out one of the smaller dies to do bigger stuff . Who needs to hydraulic crimp 14 gauge wire !
The dies seem to be exactly the size of the wire - so I usually  go the next biggest size when crimping and then touch it up with the next size down if needed.
Don't forget you can usually get 20% off coupon for Harbor Frieght stuff somewhere - along with the free gift. I mean who doesn't need another set of cheap screwdrivers. I think I opened up two of those screw driver sets and still can't find one when I need it - where do they go ?

Larry

[Solar trucker]

Larry...that's a good suggestion!  I ordered that exact crimper online after you sent me the link.
I agree that there is no need to use a hydraulic crimper on 14 gauge...So I will make use of the
14 gauge die as well and try to make a 2(0) die if there is enough real estate in the die to do it
effectively.  I'm just curious if the hydraulic ram has the capability to crimp 2(0)..that's a fair leap
from 1(0)...I'm thinking it may arrive sometime the end of the week.
Between my Big Rig Truck and the RV I use a lot of 2(0) wiring...I'm also looking at replacing the 2(0)
in my battery bank when I change from the 6 volt batteries to 2 volt..I will have a lot of spare 2(0)
wiring available in long lengths that I can reuse to build much shorter "Series" wiring for the 2-volt batteries.

[Solar trucker]

Got my Harbour Freight ( ton Hydraulic Crimper yesterday, Looks like a fairly nicely made unit.

Just curious Larry...when you drilled out the 14 GA die (I presume) to do the larger size (not sure what gauge you went to) but did you leave the hole as round or notch it out after drilling it to replicate the other style of crimps?  It would just seem to me that a rectangular or square crimp would have much better holding power...

[ClassicCrazy]

Got my Harbour Freight ( ton Hydraulic Crimper yesterday, Looks like a fairly nicely made unit.

Just curious Larry...when you drilled out the 14 GA die (I presume) to do the larger size (not sure what gauge you went to) but did you leave the hole as round or notch it out after drilling it to replicate the other style of crimps?  It would just seem to me that a rectangular or square crimp would have much better holding power...

I believe I just clamped the two halves of the small die together and drilled them out on a drill press. The metal was soft and drilled out easily.  I suppose it would be nice to take a dremel tool and hex it out , but I did not do that. All those dies seem to squish some of he connector out the sides of the die but that never bothered me. I usually crush it with one size , then go to the next smaller size and give it another crush - there is no way those terminals will ever come loose or get air in them to corrode.

I think I remember he limitation on how big a wire you could use that hydraulic crimper is how far apart the dies go and if you can fit the terminal  into it . I believe I had to slide the terminal in sideways - tight fit. I probably was using 2/0 wire  - will have to take a look tomorrow and see . Been awhile since I used it. But yes it is a great tool for the money.

Larry

[Solar trucker]

Larry...thanks for the advice!  I'm going to try drilling my die out tomorrow...