Either solid or stranded wire should work OK with crimped connectors. What I'd do is solder the connectors onto the wires so I know they're not going to loosen sometime in the future. Call me paranoid, but I just don't trust connections that rely only on the holding power of a…
Read the full replyInside the mini junction box on the Dayton motor for my whole house fan there are two types of connectors. One is a nut on a post. The other is a spade lug. There is a knockout for a cable clamp.
How do I connect to these? Do I crimp the appropriate connectors onto the wires in NM cable? For crimping connectors onto wire, it seems like flexible wire would be better - not the solid wire in NM.
Thanks for any help.
On 4/29/2009 8:38 AM Mitch spake thus:
Either solid or stranded wire should work OK with crimped connectors.
What I'd do is solder the connectors onto the wires so I know they're not going to loosen sometime in the future. Call me paranoid, but I just don't trust connections that rely only on the holding power of a little bit of sheet metal to work.
Soldering after crimping should take all of 5 minutes.
Hmm, Solder? Then it becomes same as using a solid wire which can crack and break.
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