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From: Doki on 30 Jul 2007 19:04 "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave(a)davenoise.co.uk> wrote in message news:4f0ab58037dave(a)davenoise.co.uk... > In article <46ad17f6$0$24760$da0feed9(a)news.zen.co.uk>, > Doki <mrdoki(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> > http://www.vehicle-wiring-products.eu/VWP-onlinestore/home/homepage.php > >> Any chance of giving a bit of an idiots guide on crimps and crimp tools >> for general auto electric use (ie, relatively low power stuff like >> radios and alarms, and higher power stuff like headlamps)? Is it >> possible to produce decent crimps with something like the PR4 that VWP >> sell? I'd like to produce tidy wiring and be able to shove new >> connectors on things, but it's very difficult to know what the right >> tool is without practical experience of the job... > > The Repaults (PR3) is quite simply the dog's bollocks for most UK > terminals. As well it should be at over 70 quid. Yebbut is a �30 job like the PR4 going to be aqequate for the DIY bod do you think? Is there a grey area of "not hugely durable, but usuable"?
From: Dave Plowman (News) on 31 Jul 2007 15:37 In article <46ae6e74$0$31716$db0fefd9(a)news.zen.co.uk>, Doki <mrdoki(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > The Repaults (PR3) is quite simply the dog's bollocks for most UK > > terminals. As well it should be at over 70 quid. > Yebbut is a �30 job like the PR4 going to be aqequate for the DIY bod do > you think? Is there a grey area of "not hugely durable, but usuable"? Can't help I'm afraid - I've not owned or tried one. -- *Errors have been made. Others will be blamed. Dave Plowman dave(a)davenoise.co.uk London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound.
From: Duncan Wood on 31 Jul 2007 16:37
On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:37:09 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) <dave(a)davenoise.co.uk> wrote: > In article <46ae6e74$0$31716$db0fefd9(a)news.zen.co.uk>, > Doki <mrdoki(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> > The Repaults (PR3) is quite simply the dog's bollocks for most UK >> > terminals. As well it should be at over 70 quid. > >> Yebbut is a �30 job like the PR4 going to be aqequate for the DIY bod do >> you think? Is there a grey area of "not hugely durable, but usuable"? > > Can't help I'm afraid - I've not owned or tried one. > Given it looks like a cheap chinese copy of a thomas & betts crimper with no calibration you'd be better off with any amp or pressmaster one you can find on ebay |