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Subject:Re: Relay socket spade connectors
From:Mike Collum
Date:Mon, 26 Dec 2005 17:03:08 -0500

Houlton has neither a PepBoys nor a Kragen.  Are you aware of a mail
order source?

Mike

mark drillock wrote:
> I have purchased them repeatedly at both PepBoys and Kragen. They are
> often sold as Ford connectors or some such. They are not stocked in the
> same place as all the other spade connectors are but instead in the
> specialty wiring section. You only get a couple or so per pack and they
> cost more than they should. I'm not sure what crimp wire size they are
> for but I solder them if needed.
>
> Mark
>
> Mike Collum wrote:
>
>> Anyone know of a source for female spade relay socket connectors?
>> They're the ones with the little barb on the sides so the spade won't
>> pull back out of the socket once inserted.  I want the ones for 12-14 GA
>> wire.
>>
>> Of course I could eliminate the socket and just put regular female
>> spades directly on the relay terminals ... or I could remove the old
>> spades from my relay sockets and solder on the larger wires I want to
>> use, but I'd rather have the sockets for the relays to plug into.
>>
>> My search (Radio Shack, FLAPS, and the Internet) has, so far, been in
>> vain.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Mike
>> Houlton, Maine
>> '84 GL 7 pass
>> '85 GL Westy
>>
>>
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