In a message on Wednesday 12-13-15 Ed Vance said to Holger Granholm:

GE Ed,

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

EV> I Searched on ask.com and saw the Scandanavian Manufacturing
EV> Company's name and a City in Japan with the Name Abiko.

OK, fine, I just don't give myself time to search things like that.
I'm too busy fixing computers and installing/upgrading programs and
in between repair/update other electronic gear.

EV> The first instance I find of the name Faston for those terminals,
EV> from looking in my old Allied Radio catalogs, is a company called
EV> American Pancorp, which was renamed to AMP in later catalogs.

Thanks to you and Tom I do now know that Abiko is Faston in USA.

 HG> connectors are marked with a coloured plastic collar marking their
 HG> current carrying capacity. Yellow standing for 6, blue for 2,5 and red
 HG> for 1.5 sq.millimetres wire size.

EV> The Color Code for Terminals is the same here but it relates to the
EV> American Wire Guage (Size) standard we use here. Same O Same O.

Oh yes I know that you older americans don't know the decimal system.

EV> Red is the smallest Terminal I recall seeing, but I haven't been
EV> doing any recent projects where I needed to go to the Hardware Store
EV> to buy some, to see any terminals smaller than the Red ones.

Red and Blue are the most common here too, but in various equipment
there are smaller sizes in use. The yellow, blue and red are sizes I
keep in stock.

EV> With all of this Minituration that started being done twenty or more
EV> years ago, .....

Yes, the miniaturizing goes on, to handle capacitors and resistors you
need tweezers and looking glass.

EV> I wouldn't be surprized to see Terminals for sale that can be crimped
EV> on a wire the size of a Human Hair.   .... ..

I don't think crimping that size will be necessary, nor used.

EV> I have soldered and crimped Uninsulated and Insulated Terminals.

Me too ......

EV> They are nice to have around.

To me they are necessary
EV> I just looked but couldn't remember where I have my assortment of
EV> terminals, but I did see the Cripming Tool on the top of my
EV> workbench.

To me they are necessary, and stored in cabinet drawers above my work-/
radio bench and the crimping tool on top of other tools in a drawer on
the side of my desk.

EV> BTW, I got the Battery for the UPS yesterday and put it in this

EV> After 24 Hours I will turn it OFF and connect Plugs to the back of
EV> it. Right now I inserted the Plugs I usually have in the UPS in a
EV> A.C. Power Strip so I could use this pc.   Works For Me!

Ok, it works for you, but it really isn't necessary to "pre-charge" the
battery. Usually there is enough charge in it when you buy it, and
never-the-less the built-in charger is constructed for charging when
there is a load connected to the output.

The spike preventing circuit also works constantly even with an empty
battery.


73 de Sam, OH0NC

aka Holger

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