Hi-Mod swageless terminals

[grievesie]

Anyone had any experience of Hi-Mod swageless rigging terminals?

They are made in the UK by Petersen Stainless Rigging Ltd (up in Tyne & Wear) and sold by S3i (and others). Looking at the design they appear to be well engineered and easy to fit. I particularly like the look of the bronze wedge that is notched to evenly space the individual wire strands around the cone. I have used Sta-loks in the past and found that getting the wires to lay evenly round the cone without one slipping onto the slot can be a fiddle on smaller wire sizes. S3i prices for Hi-Mod fittings also look cheaper than equivalent Sta-loks.

I have order one to take a look at but wondered if others had used them - apparently the range was first put on the market around 2003.

 

[vyv_cox]

I shall be interested to hear what you find, they seem to offer some advantages over Sta-Lok and Norseman.

So far as these two are concerned I find Sta-Lok far easier to make up in bigger sizes than the Norseman because the cable end and cone fit inside the fitting on the Sta-Lok, whereas on the Norseman the fitting goes inside the cone assembly. The Hi-mod appears to be the same type as the Norseman.

 

[bryantee]

hi mod

seem to be a usa company. where does tyne & wear come in?

 

[grievesie]

seem to be a usa company. where does tyne & wear come in?

Hi-Mod terminals are definitely made in the UK by Petersen Stainless Rigging Ltd http://www.petersen-stainless.co.uk/ of Blaydon on Tyne, Tyne & Wear. They are distributed in N. America by Hayn Marine.

Petersens site has a short video of how to assemble the terminals http://www.petersen-stainless.co.uk/videos/6mm assembly for web.mpg. But the S3i site has photo assembly instructions which better illustrate how they work http://www.s3i.co.uk/swagelesstechnical.php.

 

[Talulah]

I've used Hi-Mod on several occassions over the last 5 years.
The product quality is consistently good.
The crown ring makes spreading the wires a sinch.
I would highly recommend them.
For cutting the wire I use an angle grinder with one of those very thin cutting blades.
Whilst you are waiting for the connector to arrive don't forget to get some Loctite.

 

[liverpool]

Hi Mod Terminals

I'm interested in these terminals and wondered if any of leading boat builders are now fitting them - anyone know?

 

[Strathglass]

I used them when rigging out by new boat last year.

They are easy to use. There is a good vidio on how to assemble them on the Petersen website and a good instructions leaflet is also supplied with each fitting.

They are manufactured in the UK.

I had all the standing rigging supplied 500mm overlength with swege termimals at the top by S3i.

I used Petersen Hi-mod fittings for all the lower connections, open bodied bottlescrews and the backstay SSB insulators.

I found no difficulty in attaching the lower fittings once the mast had been craned into the hull while I was sitting on the deck.

They are much easier to assemble if a vice is used.

I got a couple of small sachets of the recomended Locktite from ebay and this did all the fittings.

I did destroy one crown ring when I dismantled one fitting.

Spare parts are quickly supplied by S3i.

I sailed with them for the later part of last season without any problems in winds peaking up to a seven. There is no sign of any rust or corosion on them.

I have caps, intermediates, lowers, forestay, backstay, removable babystay and removable inner forestay all in 8mm 1/19 316 wire.

I like them.

Cheers

Iain