Clarification on Spade Connectors

[Sir TophamHatt]

On 10 March 2019 at 02:48, DavidCBroad said:

They are as useless for model railways as for cars as the connectors invariably fall off sooner or later.  The proper ones come on strips of ten really cheap on eBaay and the ones pictured cost an arm and a leg from Halfords

 

I got a set of different sorts for less than £5 (maybe 100 pieces?).

I use them to connect to suitcase connectors, which attach to my bus wires.

Reliability is fine for that use, in my experience.

 

I believe many people use the same method to connect track to their bus wires.

Edited March 11, 2019 by Sir TophamHatt

[Enterprisingwestern]

 

Of course you could combine the worst of both worlds, (according to some)!!!!!

 

https://www.expressmodels.co.uk/catalogue/dcc-no-solder-power-bus-kit/dcc-no-solder-power-bus-kit-detail

 

Mike.

[Il Grifone]

I'll stick to soldering, thanks....

[Andymsa]

Pull off the insulation and crimp and solder best of both worlds

[Il Grifone]

As I don't use DCC, I'd have a bare wire of  fairly heavy section (say 2.5mm²) for the common return. This would be earthed for safety and to curb its inclination to act as a transmitting aerial.

 

[kevinlms]

2 hours ago, Il Grifone said:

As I don't use DCC, I'd have a bare wire of  fairly heavy section (say 2.5mm²) for the common return. This would be earthed for safety and to curb its inclination to act as a transmitting aerial.

 

No need to earth it for safety reason. Possibly for electrical noise though.

[Titanius Anglesmith]

On 10/03/2019 at 12:29, Suzie said:

The type shown are quite widely used in industry and can be very reliable when crimped properly. In many industrial applications ferules are crimped on to the ends of stranded wires before being inserted in to screw terminals to improve performance of the screw connection! 

 

+1, the real railway uses them in abundance 

Naturally the proper ratcheting tool is used, and the crimping dies are checked annually