Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 20:05:07 -0700
Reply-To: Stacy Schneider <vwcrewman@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Stacy Schneider <vwcrewman@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: two wire connectors...Proper polarity?
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Don
I have had the same question when using these "SAE" plugs. My
thoughts are that the hot side from the power supply should be the
insulated end, so whenever it is unplugged there is no chance of grounding.
It is confusing when you buy when of those double ended cords at a Flaps,I
have realized that they are really extension cords and not so much a tie in
plug.But when you buy from a Solar place or major supplier the lone cords
are always the same configuration as are surface mount plugs .
I use one on my test bench and have the POS side insulated
and NEG showing.
On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 7:18 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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