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Hoagie_one:
Just put the wire in and squeeze the bejesus out of it right?
SirPeale:

--- Quote from: Hoagie_one on July 10, 2003, 02:10:00 pm ---Just put the wire in and squeeze the bejesus out of it right?
--- End quote ---

Well...yeah!  It's even easier when you use a crimper.
OSCAR:
The only real trick is to make sure you have the right size disconnect for the wire you are using.  Using a blue disconnect on 22ga wire wire make for a sloppy connection that won't hold well.  Generally speaking:

22-16ga wire = red disconnects
16-14ga wire = blue disconnects
12-10ga wire = yellow disconnects (I can't imagine anyone has ever used these on an arcade cabinet!)

Paul Olson:
I had a really hard time getting the 22 gauge to stay in the red connector.  I finally started folding the tip of the wire in half, and I didn't have any problems at all.

Paul
ZippySLC:
I had the same problem on mine. I'm using thermostat wire (20ga IIRC) and found that using a better crimper helped me out.
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