On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 13:36:06 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

I would be cautious about crimps, unless the blurb
actually said the word 'solid'.

The 'standard' red blue and yellow pre-insulated types make no mention of
this anywhere I've seen them on sale.

Crimps are relatively non-fussy about stranded vs. colid core cable. For
most combinations the same crimp terminal can be used, although the
ideal crimping force is slightly different.

If you're using pre-insulated crimps (ghastly things that they are) then
the vagaries of trying to deliver a controlled force through a squashy
plastic sleeve give rise to far more variation than solid/stranded
cable.