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Subject:Re: Electrical "Locking" Terminal Info + Question
From:Don Hundt
Date:Fri, 8 Feb 2013 20:12:16 -0800

Neil,
This might help.
http://www.ratwell.com/technical/Terminals.html
Don
----- Original Message -----
From: "neil n" <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2013 6:47 PM
Subject: Re: Electrical "Locking" Terminal Info + Question

> Ok. I see.
>
> I agree. It seems these terminals require a different crimper than I
> have. I did find that using the tool one way, then reversing it kind
> of worked but the result looks nothing like an OEM crimp.
>
> Neil.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 6:25 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>> I may be mistaken, But I thought I've seen a crimper that does the crimp
>> on the tabs that go on the insulation, and the tabs that go on the bare
>> wire all in one go. In any case, they are different crimps aren't they?
>>
>>
>> alistair
>>
>>
>> On 2013-02-08, at 6:11 PM, neil n wrote:
>>
>>> I just tried this crimper:
>>>
>>> https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zyZKAft7JCg/SpQxyVc5saI/AAAAAAAABJY/jntIVXPL-8M/s752/AuxBatteryWireCrimp.jpg
>
>>>> On 2013-02-08, at 5:34 PM, neil n wrote:
>
>>>>> http://www.picocanada.com/en/product/135.php
>
>
> --
> Neil n
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