Stupid question (maybe) about quick connects

[Jae200]

I'm using quick connects to wire up my control panel and had a question about them since I've never used them before. Theres a round red plastic piece on top of the quick connect and a hole at the end.. The wire goes through this end? But on the other, metal end, there are 2 curved circular metal pieces, do the wires need to go through one or both of these then crimed down onto the connector on the switch? Like I said, maybe a stupid question but this is the first time I've done anything like this. Thanks.

[allroy1975]

no, just crip the red end where you fed the wire into.  There's metal inside there that gets crushed down to pinch the wire and that's how you get your connectivity.

Allroy

[Fozzy The Bear]

Like he said!! just crimp the wire into the back end of the connector... Use a proper crimp tool and the connection will be pretty permanent.

The other end just pushes onto the connector on the switch. You definitely don't want to crimp it onto the switch. The whole point of the quick connects is that they allow you to take the wires off the switch easily when you want to change out a microswitch or move something around.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

[Jae200]

Thank you. I was wondering because I ordered a wiring kit and connects with my encoder and the connects seem pretty loose on the switch and was wondering how that would work. Thanks for the info.

[Fozzy The Bear]

Thank you. I was wondering because I ordered a wiring kit and connects with my encoder and the connects seem pretty loose on the switch and was wondering how that would work. Thanks for the info.

Yeah... Quick connects come in several sizes... you might want to check that you got the right size for the connectors on your switches.

If they're only a little bit over size then you just need to use a pair of pliers on them to squash then in a little bit before you push them on the switch. They do vary a bit.....  Be carful not to squash them too much though because they're a devil to open up again.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

[Flinkly]

mine are so tight i usually rip the insulation off before i get them off, sometimes i even break the wire.  i guess it's nice to know they won't come off easily during play. 

[Jae200]

Hmm now I'm not sure how to go about daisy chaining my ground wire using quick connects. Should I use them for the ground, and if so, do I cut 2 pieces of wire and crimp both ends into 1 connect? Seems like it would be easier to just solder the ground.

[eschmunk]

You could solder the ground if you wanted to but then again it won't be an easy job to disconnect everything.  Just wire up two wires into one crimp.  That is what I plan on doing here shortly.  I just order all my goodies from Ultimarc and Divemaster127, cant' wait for it to show up.

[Flinkly]

yup, two wires into each connector.  you should only be using 22 guage wire, so two wires should be easy to crimp into a normal .187 quick disconnect.

[Jae200]

Thanks for the help guys.. Now I just have one last question (I hope, unless the thing doesn't work). When closing the ground loop, do you want to go back to the same ground connector on the card or can you use the other ground on the other side? I'm finally finished wiring now with the exception of a few extra buttons I didn't need afterall and am going to power it up in a second.

[Jae200]

Awesome! Powered it up, it detected the encoder and everything works perfectly right from the start.. Well, I haven't tried the 2nd player controls but player 1 is perfect so far. This is great!

[Fozzy The Bear]

Thanks for the help guys.. Now I just have one last question (I hope, unless the thing doesn't work). When closing the ground loop, do you want to go back to the same ground connector on the card or can you use the other ground on the other side? I'm finally finished wiring now with the exception of a few extra buttons I didn't need afterall and am going to power it up in a second.

If I understand you correctly here you think that the grounds have to loop back to the interface....  

NO!!  LOL    You only need to make one ground connection to the interface and just connect between each switch. You don't have to run another wire from the last switch in the chain back to the interface. It's a ground chain... doesn't need to be a loop.

Although that said it won't actually hurt anything if you do.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

[SithMaster]

this kinda fits in this topic so here we go

what size qds do i need for nintendo switches or leaf i think they are.