Hi folks: I finally decided to buy myself a good pair of ratcheting crimping pliers, and by some of the OEM type connectors, i.e. one that grabs onto the wire itself and then a 2nd wire band that crimps onto the insulator. I find it far superior to the blue, yellow, red variety sold in auto parts store that tend to work loose or arc and cause all kinds of problems. I bought my ratcheting crimping pliers from vintage connectors: http://vintageconnections.com/ This is a great tool that is well worth the asking price--very nice quality and can recommend it. For when I don't have the right connectors on hand, I also bought the die set for the ubiquitous red, blue, yellow, types mentioned above, . This die stands a chance of working on the cheap connectors from some tests I ran tonight, but will wear your hands out in a hurry. Now my question: does anyone know of a source for the OEM connectors mentioned? Vintage connectors is a good source for metric and service is good. I need a source for AWG. The unfortunate part about these connectors is you cannot buy them at most FLAPS. Why is it that the junk is more readily available-- rhetorical question;) Troy |
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