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hdwysong(at)gmail.com
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Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 1:56 am Post subject: oddball 0.25" fast-on terminal source?

Hello all,



I'm fabricating a new harness for my voltage regulator (Zeftronics

regulator for a Cessna) and am searching for a supplier of uninsulated

0.25" female fast-on terminals that have a small tab sticking out of

the 'back' that will lock them inside the plastic backshell.  I've

checked the Mouser, Newark, B&C, Waytek, and Allied catalogs without

luck.  However, perhaps I'm not using the correct keyword to find

these oddball terminals in their search engines.  Perhaps an autoparts

store would carry them (the original Cessna regulator was a Ford part,

I believe)?



Thanks for any suggestions you folks can provide.



D

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nuckolls.bob(at)cox.net
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Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 3:54 am Post subject: oddball 0.25" fast-on terminal source?

At 03:50 AM 3/25/2008 -0600, you wrote:



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Hello all,



I'm fabricating a new harness for my voltage regulator (Zeftronics

regulator for a Cessna) and am searching for a supplier of uninsulated

0.25" female fast-on terminals that have a small tab sticking out of

the 'back' that will lock them inside the plastic backshell.  I've

checked the Mouser, Newark, B&C, Waytek, and Allied catalogs without

luck.  However, perhaps I'm not using the correct keyword to find

these oddball terminals in their search engines.  Perhaps an autoparts

store would carry them (the original Cessna regulator was a Ford part,

I believe)?



Thanks for any suggestions you folks can provide.


	


   I've never found these as loose fabrication or repair

   parts . . . but that doesn't mean somebody doesn't have

   them.  Most builders use individual fast-on terminals

   and ditch the housing. You can buy the housing with

   terminals installed and short pig-tails at some care

   parts stores. I think I've seen them in the red "Help"

   line of blister-packed, peg-board products.



   I can get you a part number for a reel of 5,000! B&C

   used to have some that were used with the housing that

   fits the connector on the back of an alternator. These

   were bare-brass (un-plated) parts. They might work with

   your regulator tabs connector housing. I'd go with the

   loose PIDG fast-on terminals and ditch the housing.



   Bob . . .



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        ( a thing wrong, gives it a superficial )

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rdunhamtn(at)hotmail.com
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Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:38 am Post subject: oddball 0.25" fast-on terminal source?

"uninsulated 0.25" female fast-on terminals that have a small tab sticking out of the 'back' that will lock them inside the plastic backshell"



I have bought just such a part for the voltage regulator connector on my plane from NAPA aircraft and auto parts store.



Rodney in Tennessee

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klehman(at)albedo.net
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Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:42 am Post subject: oddball 0.25" fast-on terminal source?

If you really want them I believe I have purchased these, tin plated, in 

small quantity, cut from a reel, from digi-key however they are open 

barrel crimps (cheap automotive) onto the wire. There were at least two 

sizes listed depending on wire gauge. You want the small for tefzel or 

just clip the fingers. Like Bob, I prefer to shove individual PIDG 

connectors into the housing or ditch the housing. I will use the open 

barrel crimps on small awg 22 and smaller if I must, but I don't 

consider them suitable for 18 awg or larger unless soldered and that has 

other issues associated.

Ken

Robert L. Nuckolls, III wrote:

 	  Quote: 	

 <nuckolls.bob(at)cox.net>

 At 03:50 AM 3/25/2008 -0600, you wrote:

> 

>

> Hello all,

>

> I'm fabricating a new harness for my voltage regulator (Zeftronics

> regulator for a Cessna) and am searching for a supplier of uninsulated

> 0.25" female fast-on terminals that have a small tab sticking out of

> the 'back' that will lock them inside the plastic backshell.  I've

> checked the Mouser, Newark, B&C, Waytek, and Allied catalogs without

> luck.  However, perhaps I'm not using the correct keyword to find

> these oddball terminals in their search engines.  Perhaps an autoparts

> store would carry them (the original Cessna regulator was a Ford part,

> I believe)?

>

> Thanks for any suggestions you folks can provide.

   I've never found these as loose fabrication or repair

   parts . . . but that doesn't mean somebody doesn't have

   them.  Most builders use individual fast-on terminals

   and ditch the housing. You can buy the housing with

   terminals installed and short pig-tails at some care

   parts stores. I think I've seen them in the red "Help"

   line of blister-packed, peg-board products.

   I can get you a part number for a reel of 5,000! B&C

   used to have some that were used with the housing that

   fits the connector on the back of an alternator. These

   were bare-brass (un-plated) parts. They might work with

   your regulator tabs connector housing. I'd go with the

   loose PIDG fast-on terminals and ditch the housing.

   Bob . . .

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hooverra(at)verizon.net
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Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 3:51 pm Post subject: oddball 0.25" fast-on terminal source?

D,

	I had the same issue and bought a roll of AMP tin plated for 18-22

AWG wire. 

DigiKey P/N A27933CT-ND

AMP P/N 60295-2

If these will help send me your address off list and I will mail you a few.

I bought 100 and needed 3  I just couldn't think of butt splices on the

Alternator wires.



Hooverra at verizon dot net



Ralph



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nuckolls.bob(at)cox.net
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Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:02 pm Post subject: oddball 0.25" fast-on terminal source?

At 06:48 PM 3/25/2008 -0500, you wrote:



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D,

         I had the same issue and bought a roll of AMP tin plated for 18-22

AWG wire.

DigiKey P/N A27933CT-ND

AMP P/N 60295-2

If these will help send me your address off list and I will mail you a few.

I bought 100 and needed 3  I just couldn't think of butt splices on the

Alternator wires.


	


   Why butt splice? You can do a very compact, robust solder

   splice. See:



http://aeroelectric.com/articles/Tech_Tips/Solder_Lap_Splicing/Solder_Lap_Splices.html



   Bob . . .

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