(Credit: Matt Millman) While the resulting crimp is acceptable, it does crush the insulation when using AWG 24 (0.205 mm 2) wire, and with AWG 28 (0.0810 mm 2) wire the insulation is crimped fine ...

Terminal size is largely universal and can accept many sizes of gauged wire, which can also vary widely within the same nominative value. As such, the crimp tool is a means of compressing the terminal ...