WEBVTT 00:00:00.256 --> 00:00:02.219 Hi, I'm Steve Smith with Camper Van 00:00:02.219 --> 00:00:05.142 Freedom. This is my LICHAMP hydraulic cable 00:00:05.163 --> 00:00:07.680 lug crimper. I used it constantly while 00:00:07.680 --> 00:00:09.174 building my electrical system, 00:00:09.301 --> 00:00:11.691 including the large battery cables and lugs. 00:00:11.733 --> 00:00:13.477 The work took considerable effort. 00:00:13.556 --> 00:00:15.071 For another van build with many large 00:00:15.092 --> 00:00:17.481 connections, I would buy a powered crimper 00:00:17.481 --> 00:00:19.850 from the beginning. The matching product picture 00:00:19.913 --> 00:00:22.900 shows the hand-pumped hydraulic tool and interchangeable 00:00:22.900 --> 00:00:25.271 dies. The dies close around the barrel 00:00:25.271 --> 00:00:26.275 of a cable lug. 00:00:26.338 --> 00:00:28.770 The cable, lug and die are separate 00:00:28.770 --> 00:00:29.922 parts of that arrangement. 00:00:29.922 --> 00:00:33.420 Hydraulic assistance still requires manual pumping; this 00:00:33.420 --> 00:00:34.743 is not the powered tool I wish 00:00:34.743 --> 00:00:37.363 I had bought. My roof-wiring photographs show 00:00:37.363 --> 00:00:39.752 grouped wires and the larger enclosure during 00:00:39.752 --> 00:00:41.310 the connection and routing work. 00:00:41.416 --> 00:00:43.720 They provide context for the wider electrical 00:00:43.720 --> 00:00:46.322 build. Those roof connections included a different 00:00:46.385 --> 00:00:49.756 heat-applied splice method. The workshop footage illustrates 00:00:49.756 --> 00:00:51.762 general measuring and holding work, 00:00:51.804 --> 00:00:54.951 rather than showing this exact lug-crimping operation. 00:00:55.152 --> 00:00:57.200 The useful distinction is between the terminal 00:00:57.200 --> 00:00:58.778 and the tool acting on it. 00:00:58.778 --> 00:01:00.442 A lug has a barrel around the 00:01:00.442 --> 00:01:02.299 conductor and an attachment end. 00:01:02.362 --> 00:01:04.709 The crimper closes its selected dies around 00:01:04.709 --> 00:01:07.148 the barrel. Preparing and routing a cable 00:01:07.169 --> 00:01:09.388 are different stages from forming that terminal 00:01:09.388 --> 00:01:11.820 connection. My owner review is about the 00:01:11.820 --> 00:01:14.038 repeated effort. I am six feet two 00:01:14.038 --> 00:01:15.958 inches tall, weigh about two hundred and 00:01:15.958 --> 00:01:18.064 ten pounds and am a bodybuilder. 00:01:18.064 --> 00:01:20.561 Even so, this tool wore my arms 00:01:20.582 --> 00:01:22.800 out. There were many wire connections in 00:01:22.800 --> 00:01:25.084 the electrical system, and crimping the large 00:01:25.147 --> 00:01:26.598 lugs was hard work. 00:01:26.598 --> 00:01:28.006 At one point I thought I had 00:01:28.006 --> 00:01:30.395 torn my left biceps or triceps while 00:01:30.395 --> 00:01:32.165 using the tool. I do not know 00:01:32.165 --> 00:01:33.531 which muscle was affected. 00:01:33.573 --> 00:01:35.280 My arm hurt for months before it 00:01:35.280 --> 00:01:37.755 eventually healed. That experience is part of 00:01:37.755 --> 00:01:39.291 why I would invest in a powered 00:01:39.291 --> 00:01:41.723 or automatic crimper for another build with 00:01:41.723 --> 00:01:44.521 many large connections. My page compares two 00:01:44.521 --> 00:01:46.399 other hand-pumped hydraulic kits. 00:01:46.484 --> 00:01:49.769 The TEMCo T H zero-zero-zero-five and the 00:01:49.769 --> 00:01:52.756 AMZCNC crimper each have their own die 00:01:52.756 --> 00:01:54.335 selection and head layout. 00:01:54.377 --> 00:01:56.766 Their matching pictures show those manual hydraulic 00:01:56.766 --> 00:01:59.423 formats. They are researched alternatives, 00:01:59.551 --> 00:02:01.044 not the powered upgrade I wish I 00:02:01.044 --> 00:02:02.773 had chosen. Thanks for watching. 00:02:02.836 --> 00:02:04.949 I'm Steve Smith with Camper Van Freedom. 00:02:04.969 --> 00:02:06.954 I used the LICHAMP constantly, 00:02:07.017 --> 00:02:08.937 but the large-lug work wore my arms 00:02:08.937 --> 00:02:11.386 out. For another extensive electrical build, 00:02:11.386 --> 00:02:13.221 a powered crimper would be a priority 00:02:13.221 --> 00:02:15.120 for me. The full owner review, 00:02:15.226 --> 00:02:17.488 matching pictures and current buying options are 00:02:17.488 --> 00:02:19.381 linked below. Until next time.