Kirpal, Glad to help. By the way, I just realized that I completely butchered your name in my earlier post…My apologies for that. Typing on a smartphone didn't help. -Luke
On Jun 4, 2015, at 5:42 PM, Kirpal Khalsa <[email protected]> wrote: > Luke, Mick Jay.....Thank you for the feedback..I just ordered a set of the > cub crimpers...I think it is going to be a useful addition to our tool chest. > What prompted this is that we often solder our ring terminals on but it > tends to stiffen the copper wire.....We use alot of the Midnite panel mount > breakers and the 300VDC breakers still have the really chincy terminal posts > which break off with just the slightest twisting of the wire....Over the > years Outback Power also used those breakers and we have piles of those brand > new crappy breakers which have a broken terminal post....I noted some of the > single pole panel mount breakers have a sturdier terminal post and this > problem is going away....I am hoping this can happen for all the panel mount > breakers these manufacturers sell. > Made me realize a high quality crimp without the stiffening of the wire will > help reduce this problem. Those breakers are expensive! > Thanks for the advice!! > > Sunny Regards, > Kirpal Khalsa > NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional > Oregon Solarworks LLC > www.oregonsolarworks.com > 541-218-0201 m > 541-299-0402 o > _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: [email protected] Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
