Bob Vaughan wrote:


Re-read for context..

Sorry about that.

Looking at the Radio Shack website:

64-3053 (red) connectors are for low voltage

64-3052 (blue) connectors #18-14 - not specified but presumably line voltage

These are "insulation displacement connectors" - you don't strip the
wire; the "guilotine" cuts through the insulation and makes contact with
the wire. Because of the guilotine it is important that the wire sizes
be in the range the connector is rated for. (Also important for crimp.)

The blue ones should work (would be nice to know the temperature rating
though)

3M makes similar connectors rated for 600V, 90°C, UL listed, solid or
stranded wire (#557, 558, 560)


Butt connectors come rated for line voltage or low voltage. (Radio Shack
does not specify on 3110).
Also available are connectors that look like a wire nut.
Both the 2 above are crimped to make the connection as described well a
couple posts back

Another posibility is a small wire nut. It is not ideal because of
vibration.

Ideally the connector should be UL listed, rated for line voltage and
rated for the temperature it will encounter in the fan.

If you have a torch you could solder - very carefully.

Bud--