Expidia
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Hooked up my NEMA wires yesterday. I was wondering what I was going to use short of soldering until I read about Scotchlok connectors on another boating site.
They are also carried at Radio Shack under Radio Shacks own name so if you ask for Scotchloks the twits won't know what you are talking about.
They come as a 4 pack and are in Radio Shacks connector drawer.
Small round button sized plastic connectors. Clear plastic with a red cap.
You simply slide the ends of those Tiny NEMA wires (not stripped, just cut off at the ends) into the side of the connector and squeeze down the red cap with an ordinary pliers and a di-electric gel even coats the inside of the connection to make it water resistant too.
Great invention and a real time saver for a few bucks for 4 of them.
Just ask the clerk for the connectors for crimping together thin telephone wires (that's what the package says) which are clear with the red cap.
Radio Shack is one useless store in my opinion. No way this chain is ever going to last. Most everything one needs nowadays can be bought at Lowes, HD Walmart. Wires, connectors etc. and at a lot cheaper prices too. Last 3 times I went in there for simple items which should have been STOCK items at the Rat Shack, they did not carry them. This time the guy had no clue what a scotchlok connector was, but I spotted them as he was shuffling through his drawer of connectors. All they seem to care about is pushing their batteries and cell phones. They must make a bonus on how many triple A's they can move in a day!
To bad as I've grown up with them. They are everywhere. But they have no idea what their business model should be. They are taking a convenient and famous well known chain and letting it go down the drain
But these Scotchlok connectors are a great innovation and I thought I'd pass this tip along . . .
They are also carried at Radio Shack under Radio Shacks own name so if you ask for Scotchloks the twits won't know what you are talking about.
They come as a 4 pack and are in Radio Shacks connector drawer.
Small round button sized plastic connectors. Clear plastic with a red cap.
You simply slide the ends of those Tiny NEMA wires (not stripped, just cut off at the ends) into the side of the connector and squeeze down the red cap with an ordinary pliers and a di-electric gel even coats the inside of the connection to make it water resistant too.
Great invention and a real time saver for a few bucks for 4 of them.
Just ask the clerk for the connectors for crimping together thin telephone wires (that's what the package says) which are clear with the red cap.
Radio Shack is one useless store in my opinion. No way this chain is ever going to last. Most everything one needs nowadays can be bought at Lowes, HD Walmart. Wires, connectors etc. and at a lot cheaper prices too. Last 3 times I went in there for simple items which should have been STOCK items at the Rat Shack, they did not carry them. This time the guy had no clue what a scotchlok connector was, but I spotted them as he was shuffling through his drawer of connectors. All they seem to care about is pushing their batteries and cell phones. They must make a bonus on how many triple A's they can move in a day!
To bad as I've grown up with them. They are everywhere. But they have no idea what their business model should be. They are taking a convenient and famous well known chain and letting it go down the drain
But these Scotchlok connectors are a great innovation and I thought I'd pass this tip along . . .
