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| Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: Chris on July 10, 2003, 01:49:36 pm ---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 --- End quote --- 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:
--- Quote from: Peale on July 10, 2003, 02:39:47 pm --- --- Quote from: Chris on July 10, 2003, 01:49:36 pm ---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. --- End quote --- 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. --- End quote --- 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:
--- Quote from: u_rebelscum on July 11, 2003, 02:24:03 am ---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. --- End quote --- 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:
--- Quote from: Peale on July 11, 2003, 08:40:30 am --- --- Quote from: u_rebelscum on July 11, 2003, 02:24:03 am ---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. --- End quote --- 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. --- End quote --- 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. |
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