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F Murtz wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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Depends on the use. I'd say the most common crimp terminals are in
some form of spring loaded contact. And those tend to be made of
brass

Phosphor bronze or beryllium copper are the springy metals in common
use (it may LOOK like brass...).

Could well be - I've not had it analyzed. But it certainly doesn't
look like copper. ;-) Of course it could be all these sort of things
are copper in the US. I can only speak for the ones I'm familiar with
in the UK.

Spade connectors have to have different properties to lugs because they
rely on spring tension for electrical continuity but proper bolt on lugs
are usually copper for copper cables, aluminium for aluminium cables.

Yes - I did ask if 'lug' had a special meaning in this context.
http://www.zeetaelectricals.com/

I just sort of assumed the discussion was more about electronic terminals
than heavy duty power distribution. Hence my reference to computers, etc.

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