Any tips on crimping 0/1 gauge connectors?
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Topic: Any tips on crimping 0/1 gauge connectors?
Posted By: iimm_Matt
Subject: Any tips on crimping 0/1 gauge connectors?
Date Posted: July 15, 2002 at 8:43 PM
There's got to be a secret here... These things are HUGE!
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Matt
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Posted By: mobiletoys2002
Date Posted: July 15, 2002 at 8:47 PM
well you can use a bench vise if you have and the maybe finish it off with a blow torch and solder. 
Posted By: mobiletoys2002
Date Posted: July 15, 2002 at 8:49 PM
streetwires and others also make crimpless connections that use a set screw or compresion fitting this are great as well.
Posted By: mike simonelli
Date Posted: July 15, 2002 at 9:40 PM
use a hammer it works well.
Posted By: -=Jason=-
Date Posted: July 16, 2002 at 12:06 AM
heres another vote for a bench vise.
Posted By: Static Revenger
Date Posted: July 16, 2002 at 12:36 AM
Pheonix Gold and/or Stinger makes an impact crimper...place the connector in it and tap as needed with the hammer of your choice. ------------- 
Posted By: david kivett
Date Posted: July 16, 2002 at 1:01 AM
Snap-on my friend, an impact crimper, open it up put your connector in and hammer it down.. There not to spendy, around $40-$60
Posted By: GlassWolf
Date Posted: July 16, 2002 at 2:15 PM
usually no need to crimp. Stinger makes loads of 1/0-to 4AWG adapters and devices that all accept 1/0AWG using hex-screws that tighten down on the wire.
https://stingerelectronics.com/
https://www.sounddomain.com/shop/brand/Stinger
honestly for 1/0 you want crimpless anyway as it's generally used for "show" quality work and crimped stuff looks sorta unattractive compared to solderless compression connectors and what have you.
best of luck!
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-GlassWolf
Pioneer Stage-4, Orion, DynAudio, Fi
Posted By: GlassWolf
Date Posted: July 16, 2002 at 2:19 PM
https://www.sounddomain.com/sku/STISCPT202
here is exactly what you need or want if you're after a ring terminal :)
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-GlassWolf
Pioneer Stage-4, Orion, DynAudio, Fi
Posted By: J3adSeed
Date Posted: July 17, 2002 at 7:27 AM
Get a big fat screwdriver, as thick and short as possible (this will minimized flexing), and a hammer. put it on concrete and just hammer it like a chisel (i guess a chisel would work too if its not too sharp....). this works very well if you do it twice on each side.
Posted By: GlassWolf
Date Posted: July 17, 2002 at 7:48 AM
crimping tool of the day:  *snicker* no, it's not a doctored picture. that's the tool I use for tensioning alternator belts. hehe I set it next to my old Pioneer Premiere DEX-M88 so you'd have an idea of the size. ------------- -GlassWolf
Pioneer Stage-4, Orion, DynAudio, Fi
Posted By: TheRapture
Date Posted: July 17, 2002 at 12:32 PM
i've got one of thoses that size for plumbing purposes... i had to crimp a 0/1 awg ground lastnight onto a ring terminal... i used my bench vise... works the best out of anything i've tried yet!
Posted By: GlassWolf
Date Posted: July 17, 2002 at 8:20 PM
yeah.. I'm still partial to the crimpless connectors myself though, like those ones Stinger makes.
ya just screw em together, and they have a tensile strength of something like 145lbs.
Granted they run about $6-8 each.. but ya don't need too many of em. two at the battery maybe, two at the circuit breaker.. then it should go back into a distro block where it's gor compression screws.
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-GlassWolf
Pioneer Stage-4, Orion, DynAudio, Fi
Posted By: jorgefdz
Date Posted: July 18, 2002 at 12:43 AM
GlassWolf he asked aboout how to crimp a 0/1 gauge, not to kill somebody... LOL ------------- J.F.L.L.
Posted By: GlassWolf
Date Posted: July 18, 2002 at 7:12 AM
awww just stuff the cable and the connectors in the car's door-jam and slam the door really hard.
hope for the best!
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-GlassWolf
Pioneer Stage-4, Orion, DynAudio, Fi
Posted By: omegamotorsprts
Date Posted: July 19, 2002 at 8:33 AM
chalk up one much for the bench vise and a good amount of banging
Posted By: mobiletoys2002
Date Posted: July 19, 2002 at 12:10 PM
Matt just get a compression fititng or one that uses a set screw connector it will look nicer and it is easier to do. that way you don't need a torch or a vise and you wont have to bang anything. Stinger, phonix gold,and streetwires all make what you will need.
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