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Title: Electric Connectors
Post by: Stan and Joni Vander Ploeg on March 18, 2006, 06:19:29 pm
Yahoo Message Number: 21760 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/21760)
Just went to Wal-Mart for some Electric wire connerctors- Posi-Lock make an intresting connector- new to me- What do the Electricans think of these?

http://www.posi-lock.com/ (http://www.posi-lock.com/) (How do you put to click on?)

Stan vander ploeg
#11556 Intrigue 2003
Title: Re: Electric Connectors
Post by: Don S. on March 19, 2006, 11:58:24 am
Yahoo Message Number: 21764 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/21764)
Stan, I looked at the website and so far I'm not to impressed. Maybe when I get a touchy feely I might have a different opinion. I just have a problem with the pin breaking thru the insulation and I would also worry about the current carrying capability.

Don

'02 Intrigue #11427

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Title: Re: Electric Connectors
Post by: Don S. on March 19, 2006, 11:58:30 am
Yahoo Message Number: 21765 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/21765)
Stan, I looked at the website and so far I'm not to impressed. Maybe when I get a touchy feely I might have a different opinion. I just have a problem with the pin breaking thru the insulation and I would also worry about the current carrying capability.

Don

'02 Intrigue #11427

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Title: Re: Electric Connectors
Post by: Tom Harsch on March 19, 2006, 12:48:38 pm
Yahoo Message Number: 21766 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/21766)
Stan,

I've used posi-lock connectors for a couple years in at least two applications: on a backup camera fuse holder connections and for water pump connections. No problems (so far). Easy to use and very strong connections as far as I can tell.
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Tom Harsch '02 Allure #30791

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Title: Re: Electric Connectors
Post by: Richard on March 19, 2006, 02:17:10 pm
Yahoo Message Number: 21768 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/21768)
Not sure when these connectors went on the market but I used them on my last coach, at least three years ago, when reconfiguring my battery monitoring gauges. They performed flawlessly. I obtained mine from a local electronics store and probably wouldn't have tried them had I found them at Wal-Mart first. Guess we learn something new everyday.
Title: Re: Electric Connectors
Post by: Travman100_4 on March 20, 2006, 07:41:29 am
Yahoo Message Number: 21771 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/21771)
Posi-Locks have been around for awhile. I used them at least two or three years ago and so far no problem. It is probably that Wal-Mart just started stocking them. I got mine at a NAPA store.

Ray

2000 Intrigue

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Title: Re: Electric Connectors
Post by: Eric Lee Elliott on March 20, 2006, 05:14:16 pm
Yahoo Message Number: 21775 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/21775)
Posi-Locks have 3 advantages. One, they can be installed without tools after the wire is stripped. Two, manufacturing cost is low without any metal parts or assembly costs. 3, no different metal to enable galvanic corrosion.

Two disadvantages are apparent after one use of Posi-Locks. One, insulation of correct size wires would not fit in Posi-Lock connector as it would in a crimp connector for wire support. Two, connections failed pull test.

Eric Lee Elliott

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