To open it halfway down you press that little black stick in between the 2 handles. Now when halfway down there's gonna be tension on that black stick so I had to use a screwdriver and knock it to open it 💪
Looks good; way back just about all amp connections required spade terminals to mate with screw terminals on the amp. Others used wire splicing methods. One splice method I used was soldier the wires together and cover with heat shrink. Good video as always 73 and GOD bless; Earnest K5EWM.
Off topic - I'm putting together a switch board for my remote wires. That way I' will be able to switch my amps on and off right next to the cars ignition switch. I will also have the power source for the (car) cigarette lighters (I have more than one) connected to the switch board. There's no cluster of wires running everywhere and it looks nice and neat.
Corrections....from a Certified Mobile/Maine installer: A. Stop calling it large, or smaller wire/cable. Why: American Wire Gauge is the standard to use. AWG is aka "the large wire/cable". Society of Automotive Engineers is a different gauge. SAE is aka "the small wire/cable. B. It's called a Box Crimper. C. Marine Electronics are not allowed to have the "set screw" dig into the wire/cable when doing connections. The Fix: Marine Electronics put a piece of stainless steel under the screw, to protect the wire/cable. D. Wire is up to 10 AWG....you use connectors. Cable is 8 AWG and larger....you use lugs. E. Putting a Box Crimped terminal into a Round Hole is a no-no. The set-screw was only designed to hold soft copper. Some of those ferrels are not copper, or even brass......to expensive to make. Also. The set-screw will make the copper strands fill the walls ( form a crescent moon shape ). You will have gaps ( less current ) with the box crimped ones.
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To open it halfway down you press that little black stick in between the 2 handles.
Now when halfway down there's gonna be tension on that black stick so I had to use a screwdriver and knock it to open it 💪
@@c0uchsl0uch cool! Thanks!
This is exactly how I crimp my 4 gauge and 1/0 ferrules , I just screw them down in my amps and they never give me any issues
@@RomaVilla yes, simple and effective!
Looks good; way back just about all amp connections required spade terminals to mate with screw terminals on the amp. Others used wire splicing methods. One splice method I used was soldier the wires together and cover with heat shrink. Good video as always 73 and GOD bless; Earnest K5EWM.
Never considered using ferrules for speaker wires before but absolutely will now 👌
@@sholtodepuma they’re great, you’ll probably never turn back! lol
Exactly what I do with mine. Get em tight, and zero issues.
@@Special.Purpose.Weapon yep, works great that way!
Oh man, THIS is a very informative video! I actually use 8 guage wire. (Stock electrical) I've never used ferrules before. Great vid bud! 👏🏼👏🏼
@@chrisnunya7171 awesome! Thanks Chris!
Off topic - I'm putting together a switch board for my remote wires. That way I' will be able to switch my amps on and off right next to the cars ignition switch. I will also have the power source for the (car) cigarette lighters (I have more than one) connected to the switch board. There's no cluster of wires running everywhere and it looks nice and neat.
@@barnes29510 that’s cool. I like the idea of turning them off and on like that
Great info 👍
Secondary account shout out . 👏 👏 👏
@@dirt_ripper8734 lol, thanks!
@@stereomojo 😆
I really like a hydraulic crimp. Great video my friend
Corrections....from a Certified Mobile/Maine installer:
A. Stop calling it large, or smaller wire/cable.
Why:
American Wire Gauge is the standard to use.
AWG is aka "the large wire/cable".
Society of Automotive Engineers is a different gauge.
SAE is aka "the small wire/cable.
B. It's called a Box Crimper.
C. Marine Electronics are not allowed to have the "set screw" dig into the wire/cable when doing connections.
The Fix: Marine Electronics put a piece of stainless steel under the screw, to protect the wire/cable.
D. Wire is up to 10 AWG....you use connectors.
Cable is 8 AWG and larger....you use lugs.
E. Putting a Box Crimped terminal into a Round Hole is a no-no.
The set-screw was only designed to hold soft copper.
Some of those ferrels are not copper, or even brass......to expensive to make.
Also. The set-screw will make the copper strands fill the walls ( form a crescent moon shape ).
You will have gaps ( less current ) with the box crimped ones.
Algorithm comment 👍
@@Stoneman1971 thanks Allen!