On 11/08/2013 21:34, Tim Watts wrote:
On Sunday 11 August 2013 20:30 steve wrote in uk.d-i-y:

On Sun, 11 Aug 2013 20:13:29 +0100, Tim Watts wrote:

On Sunday 11 August 2013 18:47 wrote in
uk.d-i-y:

On Sunday, 11 August 2013 18:05:32 UTC+2, Tim Watts wrote:

I do not see any probem with properly made crimps - a proper crimp
will NOT

pull apart. It may pull apart if you use a crap halfords set of
"scissor"

crimps though.

Er, bullet connectors are *supposed* to be pull-apartable and I'm
concerned they may do so accidentally thereby disconnecting the earth.


One you get to main earth connections, likelihood is you will be out
of

standard insulated crimps and into larger uninsulated crimps.



What is the conductor size and what type of earth are you proposing to

crimp?

230V motor grounding, 2.5mm^2 x-section earth wire. For the purposes of
this temporary lash-up, I'm using the blue connectors. They ARE crimped
properly, but It just doesn't seem right somehow to make this
arrangement permanent.

There is no problem at all with what you are doing.

Well done crimps are better than screw terminals and you'd use those
wouldn't you?

Either screws or crimped... all a bit academic if the bullet connector
has been parted...!

I shoudl clarify that I mean "crimped barrel connectors" NOT any sort of
easily seperated connector.

For the avoidance of doubt:

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?...:BlueCrimp.jpg



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Cheers,

John.

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