Thanks everyone. Let me give an example of my searching and PLEASE tell me if I got this right. I want to join two #2 awg stranded grounding conductors using a long handled manual crimper.
From page 17 of the Burndy catalog
https://hubbellcdn.com/ohwassets/HC...cessories/images/BURNDY_Grounding_Catalog.pdf I see that a YGHC2C2 connector will do the job. The "Die Index No." is C, but the crimping tools are all hydraulic; none are long handled manual. Dead end?
So I try starting from the tool, instead of the connector. Greenlee makes the long handled manual crimpers. From their literature
https://cdn.greenlee.com/resources/...79-f1c3891f88eb&languageCode=en&type=document I have a choice of tools that can accept type W, GB, O, and/or D3.
Starting with the W type, I find Burndy has a WC die
https://www.hubbell.com/burndy/en/P.../Dies/Stainless-Steel-W-Die-Index-C/p/2026257 with manual crimpers MD6 and MD7 as options. Since this is a W type die, the Greenlee manual crimper would work too. Right, or wrong?
To understand W dies better I find this short video:
I take a look at Greenlee's die selection and do not find a WC die.
(Btw, I had gone to our local distributor and was shown the empty bin where the connectors should have been and was told that they thought the tool could be rented. <sigh>)
SO IS THIS RIGHT? I can crimp a Burndy YGHC2C2 connector with a Burndy WC die in a Burndy MD6 or MD7 tool or one of the Greenlee K425xxx series tools?
OK, my head hurts. I'd also like to be able to crimp #2 stranded directly onto 3/4" ground rod with a manual crimper, but am not going to try to figure that one out right now.