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Quick disconnects
« on: April 25, 2003, 11:41:49 am »
I hope someone is able to help me.  I recently purchased some joysticks/buttons from Bob Roberts, but completely forgot to purchase the quick disconnects.  He has a minimum shipping charge of $6.00, (that's his policy, I understand that), and the item itself only costs $5.00/bag, so I have a real tough time paying $6.00 to have them shipped.  I was hoping if someone either had some extras (I need 50) or was planning on purchasing other equipment from Bob if they would be willing to purchase a bag of 50 quick disconnects, and I could just mail them a check to cover the charges.  I know Radio Shack sells them as well, but they are $1.69 for a bag of 10 disconnects, and they are not as good as the ones Bob sells.  Any help would be appreciated.   :)

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Re:Quick disconnects
« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2003, 11:49:52 am »
Well... you could try your local auto parts store...

supposedly they sell the .187's QD's in a decent quantity for a reasonable price at NAPA's (but the one I went to appeared to be out)

you can also "get by" with .250 qd's which are readily available everywhere (HW store, afore mentioned autoparts store) *shrug*

just an idea/option ... you can probably order these for cheap online from an electronics place with minimal shipping... I'll see if I can dig up a link but i'm think like a mouser or digikey or whatever type place may be able to work as well..

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EDIT previous thread on QD's  (apparently ultimarc sticks use .250's... and there's a bad link to some electronics store that had the .187's cheap)

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EDIT 2 froogle search for .187 QD's
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Re:Quick disconnects
« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2003, 12:45:46 pm »
I just bought a pack of .250s at Home Depot.  I used a set of pliers to tighten the connection and have had no problems.  Think i paid about $4 for a plastic container of 100.

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Re:Quick disconnects
« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2003, 05:15:03 pm »
i bought some .187 insulated qd's from mcm electronics  http://www.mcmelectronics.com  they were $3.36 for 100 when I bought them.  Shipping was a little high, $7.00 for 2 packages.  They are having free shipping right now (from an email they sent me). 14 bucks was still cheaper than what you can get from happcontrols for 200 qd's

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Re:Quick disconnects
« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2003, 05:48:37 pm »
Here where i get my stuff from:
I think the shipping may be decent.
The diconnects go for $4.50 for 100  + S&H.
They ship very quickly.

http://www.allelectronics.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?category=196450&type=store

Here is the link to the site Brogner just talked about.
These seem pretty good - I like the full insulation.
They are now selling for $3.65 per 100.
If the shipping is free for you than you really can not beat the price unless you find some for free.

http://mcm.newark.com/NewarkWebCommerce/mcm/en_US/support/search/searchResults.jsp?_dyncharset=ASCII&action=0&First=0&QText=.187+disconnect+female

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Re:Quick disconnects
« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2003, 11:30:17 pm »
dumb quesiton:  if i use quick disconnects, does that mean i don't have to solder anything?

sorry, i am not familiar with them but would pick some up if it meant i didn't have to buy a soldering gun for wiring my control panel...  thanks.

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Re:Quick disconnects
« Reply #6 on: April 26, 2003, 11:54:41 pm »
dumb quesiton:  if i use quick disconnects, does that mean i don't have to solder anything?

sorry, i am not familiar with them but would pick some up if it meant i didn't have to buy a soldering gun for wiring my control panel...  thanks.

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Re:Quick disconnects
« Reply #7 on: April 27, 2003, 02:14:00 am »
Sorry, I broke down and bought the QD's from Home Depot yesterday.  I paid $8.79 for 100, which isn't too bad.  Got my control panel all wired up today using 2 cheap Wal*Mart USB $10 pads.  VERY easy gamepad hack, even for someone like me that had never soldered before.  Thanks for the referal (can't remember who it was).

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Re:Quick disconnects
« Reply #8 on: April 27, 2003, 05:49:08 pm »
The quick disconnects I am using dont hold the wire very well, so I will be soldering the wire to the qd.....

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Re:Quick disconnects
« Reply #9 on: April 27, 2003, 08:20:55 pm »
lemme tell ya.  a quick disconnect is a quick disconnect.  don't stress yourself out.  I used the 250's and cripmed them a little bit and they are tighter than a virgins hole.  the ones from radio crap or r&s strauss are fine.

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Re:Quick disconnects
« Reply #10 on: April 28, 2003, 10:51:09 am »
The quick disconnects I am using dont hold the wire very well, so I will be soldering the wire to the qd.....

You might have bought/used the wrong gauge wire for your QD's.. but usually the "fold over the wire itself" and then crimp...

Are you using stranded or solid core wire?

*shrug*  Not that there's anything wrong with soldering the QD's to the wire... just shouldn't be necessary...

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Re:Quick disconnects
« Reply #11 on: April 28, 2003, 01:32:27 pm »
How well the QD holds onto the wire also depends a lot on the crimper that you're using.  Some crimping tools give you a lot more leverage than others.  Also, some are shaped differently and don't clamp down as well as others.