I bought this crimper years ago from Wrangler. In their catalog it says it is rated from 6ga to 4/0. I bought it to make battery cables and it worked well for that. Fast forward to the splitter box that I just built. I take a look at the paperwork with the crimper and it says that it is good for down to 16ga cable, but the marks on the chrome piece on the crimper end with 8ga. I didn't like the idea of the imprecision of hitting it with a hammer with insulated cable, so luckily the crimper fit in my small arbor press. I started out making 6ga cable, and thenmoved down to 8, 10, and some 12ga wires. Because I didn't have the guide to tell me when to stop squeezing I just applied the same amount of pressure I did on the larger sizes which was pretty much when the handle of the arbor press started to flex. I was really happy with the way all the crimps turned out. The crimp shown is one I disgarded because I had too much cable coming through. IIRC I paid about 35 bucks for the crimper 10 or so years ago. I still want to buy a nice hand held crimper for 12ga and smaller wire for future use, but for thicker wire and battery cables I think this is a pretty sweet setup

Yup they work well... I still like to add some solder and then liquid electric tape to seal up the connection. They work fine with a hammer too.

Yup they work well... I still like to add some solder and then liquid electric tape to seal up the connection. They work fine with a hammer too.

It may be overkill, or my OCD, but I pull off the plastic insulation, (Or buy the non-insulated connectors) crimp them, solder them, then use marine heat shrink all the way up to the ring. It gives the wiring a much cleaner look when finished, and the marine heatshrink, has an epoxy sealer thet melts and totally seals the connection.

It may be overkill, or my OCD, but I pull off the plastic insulation, (Or buy the non-insulated connectors) crimp them, solder them, then use marine heat shrink all the way up to the ring. It gives the wiring a much cleaner look when finished, and the marine heatshrink, has an epoxy sealer thet melts and totally seals the connection.

Methinks we think alike... I have done stuff like that as well. I like not doubting any connections at all. I have dealt with enough crappy wiring that I have learned to do it right... or way overkill.