Date:         Wed, 29 Oct 2014 19:18:58 -0700
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: two wire connectors...Proper polarity?
Comments: To: Abel Longoria <houstonphotog@gmail.com>
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Thanks, that makes sense.   I don't know how I got so many strange devices
that need to plug together....all wired willy=nilly with various degrees of
care....I am fixing that now..

On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 12:26 PM, Abel Longoria <houstonphotog@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I usually use SAE connectors since thats what my van had from the previous
> owner.
>
> I use the connector on the left of this image linked below to the power
> source. ie battery/fuse block etc.this way that positive "hot" post remains
> shielded so in case i dont have anything hooked up to it, it wont
> accidentally ground itself to the chassis and short out.
>
> http://www.vetco.net/catalog/images/G-QD-18-2.jpg
>
> so... which ever type of connection youre using, be sure the "hot" post
> that always has power is using the shielded/protected part of the
> connector. just in case... then let everything else fall from there...
>
> thats what i do anyways...
>
>
> Abel Longoria
> www.DasMotoClub.com
>
> On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>   I tried for a few minutes to get the answer off the general
>> Internet...but it was unclear, there on the Net...so I ask you here....Is
>> there an accepted way to wire those two wire universal connector plugs?
>> The ones are bullet connectors that are configured to only plug together
>> one way....
>>
>>   I have now done some wiring in various systems we use, with those plugs
>> as part of the deal....A Battery Tender to keep the motos charged, some
>> other electrical stuff, some connections between solar panels and
>> batteries, etc.....    Some of my 'on the spot' connections were done one
>> way, some the other....I wanna fix that and go over all my stuff so I can
>> plug everything into everything else.
>>    So....Is there an accepted way to wire that type a circuit?...Or do I
>> just choose a way and do all my own connections that way?
>>
>
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