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TonyDuell · 9th Jun 2019, 2:44 pm

I bought a couple of boxes this morning (Eltham Lidl). There seemed to be no shortage of them there and nobody else was bothering. They're probably not the best croc-clips ever but they are no worse than the ones the likes of RS sell for rather more

They also had a couple of other boxes of 'electrical' parts, same price (£3.49).

One contains 150 small cable ties (small meaning useful to me!), 7 P-clips, some short lengths of red and black heatshrink and some crimp terminals. I think 'blue size' butt splices, ring terminals and 1/4" blades and receptacles and 'yellow size' butt splices

The other contains what I grew up calling 'scotchlocks' in various sizes, including one type that crimps onto a wire and provides a 1/4" 'faston' ('lucar', whatever) receptacle. I'd not seen that before. I don't want to start a flamefest over the merits or otherwise of such connectors, I am simply pointing out they are available and might be useful for some vintage repairs.

9th Jun 2019, 2:44 pm	#16
TonyDuell Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Biggin Hill, London, UK. Posts: 5,208	Re: Croc Clips at Lidl I bought a couple of boxes this morning (Eltham Lidl). There seemed to be no shortage of them there and nobody else was bothering. They're probably not the best croc-clips ever but they are no worse than the ones the likes of RS sell for rather more They also had a couple of other boxes of 'electrical' parts, same price (£3.49). One contains 150 small cable ties (small meaning useful to me!), 7 P-clips, some short lengths of red and black heatshrink and some crimp terminals. I think 'blue size' butt splices, ring terminals and 1/4" blades and receptacles and 'yellow size' butt splices The other contains what I grew up calling 'scotchlocks' in various sizes, including one type that crimps onto a wire and provides a 1/4" 'faston' ('lucar', whatever) receptacle. I'd not seen that before. I don't want to start a flamefest over the merits or otherwise of such connectors, I am simply pointing out they are available and might be useful for some vintage repairs.