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Posted by David Combs on August 10, 2005, 12:43 am
AC line-cord for my table-fan (Vornado) finally frayed
(just outside the fan), and so I need to toss that
bad spot on the line-cord, and then reconnect the
slightly-shortened power cord to the same wires
inside the fan it was hooked to before.
Having lost my soldering-gun some time ago,
and not wanting to buy a new one, just in
case my lost one turns up, I was looking
through those wide-drawers r-shack keeps
connectors, motors, buzzers, etc in.
Noticed these things called "tap-in squeeze connectors",
and bought several envelopes-full:
some red ones (64-3053), for 12 to 10 gauge.
some yellow ones, and blue ones.
To use these things, you of course strip the wire-end,
then insert one wire into one end, and the other into
the other, and then with levered-type pliers you
squeeze it like hell, and a little guillotine-like
piece gets shoved against the two wires, and that makes
the connection.
QUESTION: is it ok to use these things for making
the connection?
ALSO: they also have little yellow tubes, maybe 1.5
inches long, called "Butt Connectors:".
No instructions, though, for these, not even a hint
of how to use it.
What, you're supposed to *crush* it somehow, once
you have the two (insulated) wire's stuck into the
two ends of the tube?
Anyone know what to do?>
(FYI: The yellow ones have part-num 64-3110.)
And safety with this one (for use for putting a
power cord onto an appliance)?
Thanks!
David
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Posted by Roger Taylor on August 9, 2005, 9:51 pm
(snipped extensive rambling which amounts to: how to repair fan wire?)
Not safe, is the answer.
Butt connectors I use for telephone wires but not high current appliances.
Further, crimpable connectors are best used with solid wire not multistrand
such as on fans.
The only safe way to fix, is to take base off fan, remove all of line cord
at terminal block, and replace cord with comparable or heavier guage
stranded appliance wire, with moulded (already attached plug).
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Posted by JohnH on August 10, 2005, 7:28 am
> Butt connectors I use for telephone wires but not high current
> appliances.
A table fan is a high current device?
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Posted by G Henslee on August 10, 2005, 12:56 pm
JohnH wrote:
>>Butt connectors I use for telephone wires but not high current
>>appliances.
>
>
> A table fan is a high current device?
>
>
compared to your 12v vibrator, yes. compared to the stadium lighting at
Pac Bell Stadium, no.
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Posted by Tekkie® on August 15, 2005, 8:13 pm
G Henslee posted for all of us...
I don't top post - see either inline or at bottom.
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> compared to your 12v vibrator, yes. compared to the stadium lighting at
> Pac Bell Stadium, no.
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giggle liked that
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Tekkie
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