Best battery terminals to buy

With the ones I posted, I've never had them come loose

 

Thanks for the reply. That was one of my concerns before looking into replacing my battery terminals with an aux power block to tap out of for a cleaner looking engine bay.

 

The TemCo hammer crimper is really good quality

$21 TEMCo Hammer Lug Crimper Tool - Crimps 8 AWG to 4/0 Battery & Welding Cables (Workbench-Mountable)

https://www.amazon.com/TEMCo-Hammer...&pd_rd_r=63021ca3-ff95-4269-9ca1-319a70fb168a

 

you guys prefer the hammer kind of cripers vs the plier kind? I don't have bench to mount those. Can you just use on the floor or does it really need to be bolted down?

 

Hammer crimpers work best on something dense like concrete or thick steel. Even asphalt has a tiny bit of give so you’ll notice a difference.

 

If you can find one that makes a good hexagon crimp, that would be ideal. But all I’ve found are ones that don’t do it good or are pretty expensive.

If I were to shell it out for one, I’d go with the

$214 temco th0005 V2.0 (11 US TON) 10 AWG to 600 MCM electrical terminal cable wire tool kit with 32 die sets

temco th0005. With a hydraulic hand pump & the multiple dies I think it’s a good choice. Plus it appears to be made in the USA.

 

For a few crimps a year or less the hammer ones are fine. As a guy who loves tools I can’t even justify the cost of a good set of crimpers for that size cable for 5-10 crimps. For $20 bucks it’s a steal.

 

Who makes that hold down/mount?
I was going to rig something to attach to the oem mount to hold an mrcb.....but a lot cruder!

 

@paranoid56 made it for me. He does some awesome stuff, and his pricing will make you feel like you stole it . It holds LMI fuses
https://www.mouser.com/new/eaton/eaton-lmi-bolt-in-fuse-holders/ As configured, I could fit 5 fuses on there. Right now it has 4, one of those is a central post that connects to the battery. Hit him up, and I am sure he can customize something if you wanted, or he can cut another one like he did for me.

 

Cool. I’ll keep that in mind!

 

Okay guys. I will get the military grade set from Amazon.

Now, for a guy who hasn't cut and stripped wires in over 40yrs, tell me about what tools you used to cut off the cable ends and stripping them. And do you twist the wire before attaching to the terminal end. I am thinking about the hammer crimper but also the set listrd below from Amazon.

$36 iCrimp Battery Cable Lug Crimping Tool for 8, 6, 4, 2, 1, 1/0 AWG Heavy Duty Wire Lugs, Battery Terminal, Copper Lugs with Wire Shear Cutter

https://www.amazon.com/IWISS-Batter...e87-4810-bbb7-618728145b12&pd_rd_i=B00MVE48Z6

 

For cutting battery cables, I recently got this one. It doesn't seem all that durable so I don't know how long it's going to last but right now it works very good. Purchased at Lowes.

$37 Wiha 32636 Classic Grip BiCut Compound Cutters 8"

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00S7UR8VO?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&th=1

Stripping, for years I just used a pocket knife. Then one day I was on the snapon truck and got one of the fancy ones. Like everything, stupid expensive.
https://shop.snapon.com/product/Miscellaneous/Cable-Slitter-(Blue-Point)/PWC39A

I recently saw on youtube, a trick. You make 2 cuts about 1/4" apart, pull the outer piece off, slide the 1/4" piece to almost the end which bunches the strands close together. Slide the lug on, push both the lug and 1/4 down, slice the 1/4 off, push the lug the rest of the way down. Last time I did it, I didn't do it right. I think the trick is to make both cuts, then slide the outer piece off, I didn't and couldn't get the tool to make such a small cut.

 

I do my best avoiding made in china stuff. Unfortunately, the blue point line of snapon is often from china.