In a message on Friday 12-09-15 Ed Vance said to Holger Granholm:

GM Ed,

 HG> There's only a small hitch, the "Abiko" connectors on the batteries,
 HG> are narrower than the original, but the wider female connectors on the
 HG> leads seem to make enough contact.

EV> Abiko is a new term/word for what I've always called Faston
EV> Terminals. I'll look the word up to see if it is in the Wordweb
EV> dictionary.

You'll not find it in any dictionary, but it's what all those flat
terminals/connectors are called here. The name "Abiko" probably stems
from the first (to us) known manufacturer of these.

EV> I have seen two different sizes of Faston terminals in things that I
EV> have got to salvage the parts out of them.

There are at least four different widths known to me. The male terminals
come in the sizes: 3/8", 1/4", 5/16" and the female connectors are marked
with a coloured plastic collar marking their current carrying capacity.
Yellow standing for 6, blue for 2,5 and red for 1.5 sq.millimetres wire
size.

These are the most common sizes, but then there is at least one narrower
male terminal size.

The wire can be soldered to the connector but usually one uses a crimp
tool to attach the wire to the female connector.


CU L8ER, Sam, OH0NC

aka Holger

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