.187 Female Quick Disconnects

[SirPeale]

I posted this in the for sale, and should have posted it here, as I don't have these for sale - yet.

How much is everyone paying for these?  If I've done my math correctly, I can get these for $5/100, plus I figure around a buck to ship in the US.

Insulated, blue end covering the base.  Not totally shielded.

[tmasman]

Here in Mansfield, TX it's about $6 and change (+ tax) for 100 of the type you're describing. (at Home Depot).

So it sounds like you're on the right track.

[steve_pss]

At the local radio shack its about 3 bucks for 15 of 'em.

You Sir, are a good man.

[grafixmonkey]

$9 per 100 on Happ, where I was gonna order them before cuz apparently no hardware store in my town carries them.

[Tiger-Heli]

I posted this in the for sale, and should have posted it here, as I don't have these for sale - yet.

How much is everyone paying for these?  If I've done my math correctly, I can get these for $5/100, plus I figure around a buck to ship in the US.

Insulated, blue end covering the base.  Not totally shielded.

$4.50 per 100, here:

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

[SirPeale]

$4.50 per 100, here:

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

Ah, but you forgot to add in shipping: $6.00!

[Tiger-Heli]

$4.50 per 100, here:

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

Ah, but you forgot to add in shipping: $6.00!

True, but they also have good deals on terminal strips and the like, which I was going to split the shipping cost across :-)

[SirPeale]

Well, I just ordered a bunch.  I'll be offering these soon.  I'll post them in the 'for sale' forum when it happens.

[Chris]

The blue-ended ones are for 12-16 ga wire... too big for control panels.  You need the red-ended ones, which are for 18-22 ga wire.  I've found the red-ended .187 disconnects at Ace Hardware; Home Depot only has the .250's here...

Bob Roberts has the fully insulated ones at $5.00 for 50.  Mouser.com has the partially-insulated ones at $8.10 per hundred (159-2817).

--Chris

[SirPeale]

The blue-ended ones are for 12-16 ga wire... too big for control panels.  You need the red-ended ones, which are for 18-22 ga wire.  I've found the red-ended .187 disconnects at Ace Hardware; Home Depot only has the .250's here...

What?  Bologna.  I've wired my CP with the blue ones just fine.  They come in especially handy when you're putting more than one wire per connection.

I suppose it also depends on what gauge wire you're using on your CP.  I've used CAT 5-E, and it worked really well.

[Tiger-Heli]

The blue-ended ones are for 12-16 ga wire... too big for control panels.  You need the red-ended ones, which are for 18-22 ga wire.  I've found the red-ended .187 disconnects at Ace Hardware; Home Depot only has the .250's here...

Bob Roberts has the fully insulated ones at $5.00 for 50.  Mouser.com has the partially-insulated ones at $8.10 per hundred (159-2817).

--Chris

And, as I said, allelectronics has the red or blue ones (partially insulated) at $4.50 for 100 (plus $6.00 flat shipping).

[u_rebelscum]

The blue-ended ones are for 12-16 ga wire... too big for control panels.  You need the red-ended ones, which are for 18-22 ga wire.

What?  Bologna.  I've wired my CP with the blue ones just fine.  They come in especially handy when you're putting more than one wire per connection.

I suppose it also depends on what gauge wire you're using on your CP.  I've used CAT 5-E, and it worked really well.

Really?  CAT-5 is usually 22-24 gauge, IIRC.  Not that I'm disagreeing with you.

I used 20 gauge wire, and red ended ones for the NO wires (single wire connection), and blue ended ones for the GND wires (two wires per for the daisy chain).  I could not fit two wires in the red ended ones.  *shrug*  I liked it once it was done, because not only were the wires color coded, but so were the disconnects.

[SirPeale]

I used 20 gauge wire, and red ended ones for the NO wires (single wire connection), and blue ended ones for the GND wires (two wires per for the daisy chain).  I could not fit two wires in the red ended ones.  *shrug*  I liked it once it was done, because not only were the wires color coded, but so were the disconnects.

Yeah, I went with color coding as well, but with the wires that I used, as opposed to the connectors.  Since the grounds are all connected to the same spot, I didn't see the need.

[u_rebelscum]

I used 20 gauge wire, and red ended ones for the NO wires (single wire connection), and blue ended ones for the GND wires (two wires per for the daisy chain).  I could not fit two wires in the red ended ones.  *shrug*  I liked it once it was done, because not only were the wires color coded, but so were the disconnects.

Yeah, I went with color coding as well, but with the wires that I used, as opposed to the connectors.  Since the grounds are all connected to the same spot, I didn't see the need.

Uh, both the wire and connects were color coded for me.  Blue connects & black wire for ground, and red connects and red or green wire for inputs.  Color coding both is not needed, but it helps me. *shrug*

[SirPeale]

Helped me too. I color coded the grounds as well, but didn't use black.  I used orange.