Ferrules make fine stranded wire terminations easier and more reliable - KNIPEX Crimp tool #shorts

Ferrules improve the reliability of electrical connections when connecting fine stranded conductors to electrical terminals.

In this short video, we connect 16.00mm2 Tri-rated cable to a cage clamp style terminal. We fit an insulated ferrule and crimp it with a square profile. The crimp tool is a swivel head Knipex Twistor 16 ferrule crimp tool.

== AD ===========================
🧰 Check price and availability

Knipex Ferrule crimp tool
KNIPEX Twistor16 (260 mm) 97 53 18 SB

KNIPEX Ferrule assortment boxes.
97 99 905
97 99 906
97 99 907
97 99 908

FEATURED Biscuit Tunnocks Caramel Log - a rare biscuit

================================
📍SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHANNEL
================================
📺 NEW TO THE EFIXX CHANNEL Watch our essential videos playlist
📺 CATCH UP ON THE LATEST VIDEOS
📺 ELECTRICIANS' TOOL REVIEWS
================================
🔴 eFIXX LIVE
Join us for our youtube livestream twice a month - features product sneak peeks, challenges, giveaways and live electrical banter.
NEXT STREAM HERE
Catch up on previous episodes
================================
🆕 FREE CPD
Learn about new applications, regulations and best practice with our FREE CPD modules. - New modules released every month covering everything from surge protection to lighting
================================
📝 APPRENTICE HUB If you're an electrical apprentice, retraining as an electrician or looking to refresh your knowledge, then please check out our apprentice hub. It contains thousands of multiple-choice questions to help prepare for electrical installation exams.
================================
📩 eFIXX NEWSLETTER Sign up to find out about our live events, competitions and product giveaways.
FOLLOW US on your favourite social networks for behind the scenes action, breaking news and competitions.

==================================
❌ This content on this channel is for electrical professionals.❌ ==================================

📹 Presented by
Gary Hayers - Editor eFIXX
Gordon Routledge CEng MIET - Technology Editor eFIXX
===================================

#efixx #ferrules #shorts

[mcroley]

You British do nice electrical work, but so much different from here in the US. I have just begun using Wagos on my jobs and I like them very much. Thank you my British cousins.

[bryceonyoutube]

There is something so satisfying seeing those cables/conductors been treated properly! LOVE IT!!

[SD-tjdh]

Ferrules just make life easier. I even use them on domestic flex applications.

[sterman]

Definitely one of the best tools I had ever bought myself.

[zedzedder]

I like Gary since he pulled out the string from that conduit.

[DeusEx.Machina]

Never seen this shape before, but the video is so satisfying to watch.

[aaronholloway]

Beautiful! I love it when people take pride in their work! It makes an enormous difference in the end product! If you are a perfectionist like me, it's easy to tell if you take pride in your work or not!

[demonkey]

Fine stranded cables only. Glad you made that point 👍

[Marcel_Germann]

Here in Germany we use them since 1979, the ferrules are an invention of the 1960s. The common method before was soldering the strands. But that caused massive issues, so this procedure was banned in 1979.
But on some terminals or connectors it's better to use no ferrules. For example screwless terminals from Phoenix Contact. I remember the specs of one of their screwless terminals, they stated that the terminal is rated for 4mm² conductors, no matter if solid, stranded or fine-stranded. Except you fit a ferrule on the fine-stranded, then you can only insert 2.5mm². Also for connectors like the Wago 221 or 222 they're not required.

[YoussefYoussef-twqq]

I mean without ferrule and torque screwdriver wire terminal will damaged and also circuit breaker case damaged so important to use ferrule for electrician job

[stevenmoomey]

If you want these in the United States, McMaster-Carr has them. They are under, “Insulated Wire Ferrules.” Also they have the End Crimpers, like they have. The Crimpers are a bit pricey. They also have “Insulated Pin Terminals.” You can use standard Solder-less Terminal Crimpers on them.

[tanveerkhan]

These bootlace ferrules have been used by me for donkey years I can't see today's sparkys using these on domestic installations.These days most sparkys use wago connectors which I personally won't use I'm more old skool bootlace on cable and a screw down terminal will always get my vote

[bigmikeh]

Big fan of these as an industrial electrician.

[johnwhite]

I love my knipiex tool all and wera screwdrivers. Here in the U.S. contractors don’t want to buy ferrules and wagos. Such a cleaner install in my opinion

[seedofscience]

PERFECT! Except for calling that chocolate bar a biscuit it was PERFECT!

[ice_wolf]

Ferrules with the plastic are the best ones change my mind 😂



And they look better as well

[thattoolguy]

love a ferrule on panel work, esp marine where i use a lot of really fine stranded cable, makes the job looks the dogs danglies .. just sick and tired of seeing a few youtube sparks jumping on the band wagon and using them on solid core, or people trimming the ends flush .. when you should leave a mil or 2 ... so called professionals dont RTFM

[jimmuo]

Brilliant just plain brilliant! You blokes rock. Cheers

[utherpen]

Strange it has taken so long for this process to enter the mainstream, it is standard practice onboard ships.

[Dave-dm]

They were used in power stations control wiring on plants built in the 1950s Ferrules were probably about since electric controls came into existence. The ends are numbered for wire identification.