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Originally Posted by jee7s
To crimp, we use McMaster# 7061K12 plus an arbor press (no, we don't hit it with a hammer to compress like the instructions suggest). If you go this route, make sure you crimp into and out of the face of the lug. Going sideways means you don't get the right geometry since you aren't pressing into the split part of the lug.
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We use the same crimper and but with a hammer, I don't think we've ever had any issues with the wiring mechanically coming out. We just make sure we're doing the crimping on a solid concrete floor.
These are the type of
crimps (McM#7113K249) that we use. We also use #4 AWG wiring instead of #6. It's a highly stranded car audio wiring that we use. Something very similar to this
Stinger Pro Translucent Red
Andy has pretty good pricing on the SB50 connector and terminals but we buy ours through
Powerwerx along with our other APP products. (Warning: the other colors have different connector geometries so only buy red.) We use to use
this crimper for the SB50 connectors but I'm not sure if we do it any more. I'll have to check in with our electronics students.