I read the article. It was good. I also watched the HFT video on using the hydraulic crimper. Interestingly, the crimp he showed at the end was over-crimped! I just did not know until I read your article.
I also watched a Youtube video on the TEMco hydraulic crimper. It had interestingly sized dies too. A "70" die was supposed to crimp a 2/0 lug and cable. The die that was labeled for the lug and wire the person tried DID NOT WORK! He had to size down to make it work. I did not buy that crimper...
I bought the FTZ. It is more expensive, but I know it is a quality tool, and it supports SBO.
Yeah I bought a Temco and it is nothing more than a blue painted version of the dime a dozen yellow Chinese cheapo. Lots of claims by them and all bogus. They marketed the tool as AWG but it's NOT....
When I spoke with them on the phone, pretty damn disgusted, they fully admitted the tool does not have AWG dies nor do they plan to offer it with AWG dies. When I told them (IIRC his name was Starling) that the tool was absolutely identical to a yellow tool I paid $34.00 for he admitted they just
source the tool and specify color. When I asked why an American company, selling tools in the US where AWG is the standard, would specify
color but
not the proper crimp dies he was pretty silent and just stated that I was really paying for the 5 year warranty and that they would gladly refund my money...
I took the refund and shipped the overpriced POS back. Oh and they also fully admitted that there is no die that even comes close to working for 1/0. For 2/0 it over crimped and the next size die up was way under crimped. It is really sad when US companies choose a paint color, sticker & profit, over performance, especially when dealing with electricity...
