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From: Rich Grise on 1 Oct 2009 17:28 On Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:13:11 -0700, oparr(a)hotmail.com wrote: > On Oct 1, 4:46�pm, Rich Grise <richgr...(a)example.net> wrote: >>Bare terminals and color-coded heatshrink? > > Good suggestion for ones and toosies but too labor intensive for > significant quantities. Also, the form of the insulation for the > connectors on the motor mentioned above looks too precise for > heatshrink. It's not - it's molded. The heat shrink idea was to get terminals with no plastic and heatshrink them after you plug them in. If you're talking production quantities, you could probably order a batch of a different color. Why not call your supplier and ask? Good Luck! Rich
From: Michael A. Terrell on 1 Oct 2009 19:11 "oparr(a)hotmail.com" wrote: > > >Bare terminals and color-coded heatshrink? > > Good suggestion for ones and toosies but too labor intensive for > significant quantities. Also, the form of the insulation for the > connectors on the motor mentioned above looks too precise for > heatshrink. Then use red and black wire. Then the color of the terminal won't matter. -- You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense!
From: Peter Bennett on 1 Oct 2009 19:42 On Thu, 1 Oct 2009 14:02:29 -0700 (PDT), "oparr(a)hotmail.com" <oparr(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>For those sorts of crimp terminals, the insulation colour indicates >>the recommended wire size > >Pete, thanks for the link but no luck there either. I have a DC motor >here that uses what looks to be the said connector with red for >positive and blue for negative crimped to the respective wires. Maybe >the blue one is 14-16 instead of 18-22. Whatever, it seems odd that >one would be forced to use say red connectors where blue or black >would be the norm from a polarity perspective. > The colour vs wire size thing is to ensure that the user uses the right size terminal for the wire at hand. If you want to identify the wire function, you use a separate marking system. You could, for example, use coloured heat-shrink tubing over the connector or wire. However, it is not unknown for users to put the wrong size terminal on a wire - perhaps the person who put those terminals on ran out of red ones, so misused a blue one to complete the job. -- Peter Bennett, VE7CEI peterbb4 (at) interchange.ubc.ca GPS and NMEA info: http://vancouver-webpages.com/peter Vancouver Power Squadron: http://vancouver.powersquadron.ca
From: Robert Baer on 1 Oct 2009 20:07 oparr(a)hotmail.com wrote: > Hi, looking for **fully insulated male** .187 crimp terminals for > 18-22 wire guage (aka spade terminals) in anything other than red. > Seems like red is the prevalent color for this terminal and wire size > but have seen blue used with finished products but cannot find to > buy....Tried usuals like Digikey, Mouser, Newark, Jameco, Action > etc.... > > Here's a picture of what I'm loooking for; > > http://media.digikey.com/photos/3M%20Photos/94807.JPG > > Help!! Thanks! The colors are for coding as to wire sizes, so if you absolutely demand a non-standard then you will have to either pay big bux for custom, or fudge using a 16-14 AWG (blue) connector with the possible need to insert two wires (second one might be different size).
From: ABLE1 on 2 Oct 2009 08:36
>> >Bare terminals and color-coded heatshrink? >> >> Good suggestion for ones and toosies but too labor intensive for >> significant quantities. Also, the form of the insulation for the >> connectors on the motor mentioned above looks too precise for >> heatshrink. > > > Then use red and black wire. Then the color of the terminal won't > matter. > > > -- > You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense! Reverse the connectors so that they can't get mixed up. Then it won't matter what color they are. Male Female = Positive Female Male = Negative |