Quote Originally Posted by Neale View Post
They are a great way to avoid those odd strands which short out on their neighbours, and I found that they made wiring into terminals in confined spaces much easier. I bought a cheap Chinese crimping tool off eBay but without realising, ended up with a 6-jaw tool. I believe that quite a lot of them have 4 jaws which doesn't feel as if it would give as good a crimp. Anyway, a great thing to have discovered - and I found it thanks to this forum as well!
It's a design I'm surprised I haven't come across before (unless senility is setting in sooner than I'd expected) but as soon as I saw Dean's photograph it was obvious that all such wiring should use that kind of insulated ferrule to prevent adjacent shorts as you say.

Apologies to Pete1977 for hijacking your thread.

Kit