> I'm confused, does Scott mean ordinary 6 gauge wire that I crimp with a $100 > street price ratchet crimper? This should be on all cruising boats. Plus manual > crimpers for larger battery cables. > > Besides, Spain has battery stores. Cut the wire and walk in with your fittings > and offer to pay them for crimping them. > > Ron Rogers My original statement was: I am going to have to crimp three 6 AWG wires in place on the on our boat in Spain, where getting an electrician to do it is not easy. ----- This means I have to crimp the wires in the Laz, I can not move them. I can not swing a hammer because the wires will not reach a solid surface, and I find the hammer does not work well with West Marine Marine tool. I have used a c-clamp with better results. I find the best is a vise, but I can not work with a vise where the wires are. Ron Please show me where I can get a crimper for $100 that will crimp #6 AWG wire. The crimpers I find stop at #12 AWG, not #6 .----------------------- Thanks for the ebay reference Scott. I will try to buy that. In the past I not been successful at buying stuff on ebay, but I will try to get this!

I will check and get back to you. I know that I can use two incorrect tools for the job. Another ratchet crimper that doesn't go to #6, but does it anyway and a Klein tool from Home Depot that I incorrectly call a "staking tool" as it puts a deep dent in the fitting instead of a uniform crimp. I've used this when the right tool isn't handy. I try to do it on adhesive-lined crimp fastening which will make up for the crimp being imperfect. I also tape the dent in case it penetrated the plastic. Ron

Still looking! I just remembered that someone didn't like to use vise grips on the cast crimper sold by Ancor and West. I think that this is due to the angle of the jaws on a vise grip. I have Vise Grip *clamps* which looks like the two components of a vise grip mounted on a long flat bar (which is black and will rust.) This device provides strong pressure between two parallel surfaces. Thus you get a uniform crimp in one clamping. Just a recommendation, although I should add that Norm uses them. Ron Rogers