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25th May 2018, 7:41 am
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Octode
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: St Osyth, Nr Clacton, Essex, UK.
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Car bullet connectors are 4mm
For anyone working on a project that doesn't warrant the cost of "proper" 4mm ("banana") sockets, the red crimp on bullet connectors used in cars can be used successfully as a free socket - and they're dirt cheap.
"Red" seems to indicate size rather than polarity - I've coloured some of mine with indelible felt tip. They're not very deep, if that matters. The corresponding bullet plugs don't make good 4mm plugs. Very quick to fit, especially with a proper crimp tool. Graham
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25th May 2018, 9:25 pm
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Dekatron
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Leominster, Herefordshire, UK.
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Re: Car bullet connectors are 4mm
Red/Blue/Yellow simply denote the ranges of wire gauge which may be satisfactorily crimped in the connectors. A decent ratchet crimp tool for these connectors has three different jaw sizes for the different colour terminals.
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