

| Subject: | Re: Wire crimp tool, find |
| From: | Steve Williams |
| Date: | Sat, 29 Jun 2024 07:50:56 -0700 |
Every since my time at vocational school for aviation maintenance and maintaining my own light aircraft, I've bought crimp tools from B&C Specialty Products: https://bandc.com/product-category/electrical-supplies/tools/ For automotive stuff, probably the RCT-1 is the one you need. I've had several. (I keep losing them!) The Ideal Sripmaster 45-097 on that page also is one of my favorite tools. I also keep a stock of FastOn terminals and butt splices from B&C: https://bandc.com/product-category/electrical-supplies/terminals-and-splices/ With the right crimp tool, those terminals and splices create a better gas-tight crimp than the stuff available at West Marine or auto parts stores. I also keep several sizes of Mil-Spec Tefzel wire on hand: https://bandc.com/product-category/electrical-supplies/wire/ It's punishingly expensive, but I prefer for the same reason it's used in general aviation: The Tefzel insulation is far more resistant to chafing. I especially like the shielded, multi-conductor Tefzel for stereo wiring. I always believed the extra cost is worth it. A scary example was when the decades-old, dealer-installed, un-fused air conditioning wiring in my 1984 Westy finally wore through, causing a fire near the fuel filler with my nephew strapped in the back. Nothing like that ever happened in my planes. Here are a couple of my projects using B&C supplies: https://sbw.org/westybattery/ https://sbw.org/westydisplay/
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