Cut, strip, twist and ferrule crimp - in one tool: Is the Phoenix Contact Crimp Fox 4 in 1 a winner?
If you're an electrician who wires lots of control panels then this could be the crimp tool for you.
The Pheonix Contact Crimp Fox 4 in 1 is what it says - Four tools in one handle - Simply cut your conductor to length, strip the insulation, twist the copper cores and crimp on a wire end ferrule.
We take a closer look at how it works and see if it saves time compared to our current Wiha ferrule crimp and wire stripping set up.
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00:00 Phoenix Contact Crimp Fox 4 in 1
00:40 Ferrules are supplied in a continuous strip
01:13 Loading the ferrule magazine
02:05 Four tools in one
02:26 Tool one - conductor cutting
02:44 Tool two - conductor stripping
02:50 Tool three - conductor twist
03:00 Tool four - ferrule crimp
04:40 Time for a race - 4in1 versus conventional Wiha tools
07:35 And the winner is....
08:15 Ferrule colour codes etc
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Gordon Routledge CEng MIET - technology editor eFIXX
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This does several things on the job site for me: 1- it standardizes the quality of my ends especially at the end of a job when I am tired and pressed for time. 2- it marks ‘my territory.’ Another expert comes to undo my work, I can see immediately where it happened. 3- it let’s my employer at the site know the type of quality work they can expect from me. 4- it saves me time. Doing this one step at a time with different tools, may take a bit longer. 5- it avoids me having to carry and look after several tools.
If Gary had "production lined" it during the race it probably would have been much closer, cut all the wires first then strip both ends on all of them and finally crimp, it's the swapping tools that slows you down so minimise that.
Loving the Get Carter homage in the background
Well spotted 👍
Great sparky bantz.
Quick wire will have there’s out next or Jokari Great video as always Thank you
Thanks Sean 👍
Enjoyed this video. Its not for me as im a "occasional crimper" but i hope i do need one one day.
Great idea and probably a quality made tool but expensive. Love the banter
Nice idea for certain people, not really for me though. I did wonder what was going on, Gary seemed to be getting quite excited
To twist or not to twist? That is a question for consideration. My understanding is, twisted strands that are crimped will eventually become loose within the ferrule. It is also fair to say that there is a variant in CSA of twisted and straight/un-twisted wire. I'm happy to be corrected if somebody knows the definitive on this quandary 🤔 😀👍
Ouch over £200! I bought my ferrule crimper from Amazon including ferrules for under £20.
Gordon does Rambo 😂 .. I love it 👍 ... (the tool, that is) ...
Cool crimper, Would never buy one but cool none the less!
First, and it's just like that painting set you've got. Sharp as a knife there Gordon. Flash Gordon
Unless you do panel building you would be better off getting the Knipex multicrimp imo for around the same price. It several crimpers in 1 with just a quick die change, Its what I have and use. The other is the amazon set for 20quid looks to be great value.
Got that one too with the handy magazine to change the crimping dies.
What wire stripper is Gary using?
This one: www.wiha.com/gb/en/tools/pliers/stripping-tools/stripping-tools/34/stripping-tool-automatic
I wouldn't be so bothered if I knocked the crimp box over that's for sure haha
Good point 😮
I thought you shouldn't twist the strands before chucking them into the ferrules?
I am using the stripax Automatik by Weidmüller,its a little bit easyer to Work.
£218.35 for a crimper? How do you spell "Daylight robbery" ?
Hex crimp or just the standard half moon?
C shaped. Or half moon as you call it. It can be good for MCBs and other screw terminals, but I prefer square or hex shape crimps for spring terminals like wago topjob or phoenix contacts push in terminals. It's pretty much an industry standard to use spring terminals. Only mains use large screw connectors. I believe this tool can be useful for house installations. In Hungary where I live it's quite common to use stranded in everywhere especially in tubes because it's easier to pull. Lighting is done with 1.5mm² at 13A, sockets depending on future load are 1.5 or 2.5mm², 13A or 16A. If I would do 3 houses with stranded I'd definitely use this tool.
@@Oueax Honestly I watched the video again recently and this tool just seems so fiddly, I have just been using the half moon one on my knipex multi tool recently, but I also have a hex one, both do a decent enough job that I don't really know if I'd bother with a different tool each time.
Stuff that £200!...il happily stick with my knipex 5 in 1 and amazon ferrule crimper
It's just missing a retractable terminal driver 😂
Should have positioned the split screen the other way round lol
Or just not bothered with the split.
Jokari do their own version of this but it’s nearly £300
Lovely product, shame about the price though.
Shame there isn’t a spring in the magazine
That spring would take 3 corners and be twice as long as the ferrule strip. And probably a nightmare to pull back into install position.
99.9% guaranteed happy ending 🤓
This tool will make out your loading a gun with the magazines. You got wrong channel Gordon homes under the hammer on BBC foxy bingo on itv etc ;) let you off as its a Sunday
#expert viewer
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220 quid? Ouch!!!
This enjoyable German does 4 enjoyable processes to my ends. She’s a winner and will make every man happy 👍😂🤣 Also available for woman 😁🤟💋
i like my weidmuller stripax plus 2.5 better, much simpler
Fia de inslaffn ausreichende technik 🤣🤣🤣
limited range of crimps for the price !!!!!
Foreign one
How is this useful for an electrician? A/C wiring doesn't need ferrels, twisting due to solid wire. Nor is it useful for automotive.
You're talking residential. Industrial electricians use bootlace ferrules on control wires (which are stranded). Also there is plenty of stranded cables used in flex in residential lighting.
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