Hi All,
Happy New Year!
Randall makes a great and valid point about optimum conditions. I just
wanted to point out that we're all probably using tens if not hundreds of
Insulation Displacement Connectors (IDC) to send our emails - all the ribbon
connectors in our computers are IDC. And that drives home Randall's point -
ideal conditions.
In another email Steve Trovato mentions the posi-lock products. I poked
around their website - they look really good - so good that I was
suspicious. Thanks to David C. for giving a group member endorsement -
having at least mostly lurked in this list for years a member of this group
saying good things means a whole lot more to me than most of the marketing
hype we see.
Mark Watson
1956 Daimler Regency Mk II '104' <-- long term resto project
1965 Ford Falcon <-- shorter term (I hope!) repair project
various other transportation pods
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
> To: "'Shop Talk List'" <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 8:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Scotch-locks and T-Taps
>
>
>>> If you use tapping connectors such as T-Taps (not to be confused with
>>> Scotch-locks), avoid using them in higher-current applications
>>> (constant 12V, ground, etc.) These connectors are inferior in
>>> quality and should be avoided.
>>
>> Regardless of what you call them, IMO insulation-displacement connectors
>> are
>> to be avoided in higher-current applications period. They can work under
>> optimum conditions, but conditions are rarely optimum. (Do you really
>> know
>> exactly what size wire is inside that insulation? It's important ...)
>>
> <snip>
>>
>> Randall
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