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Re: Electrical Connectors
Al,
Thanks for the validation. If it's good enough for you folks it should be good enough for us! The key seems to be to not rely on the spade connectors to hold any more than a couple of inches of wire on the tab.
This season we used velcro sheets on an expanded foam PVC control board and 4" wide velcro on the jaguars. Everything stayed put with nary a problem. It was fantastic for changing our mind and easy to pull off a part if it died.
The downside is fastening down wires is more of a pain as the velcro isn't strong enough for that with a normal 1" pulltie pad. We still had to drill through the sheet which meant it didn't get done so often. A lesson learned. We might look around for some other method or posts for holding the wires in place. I hate to go to a perforated conductive electrical plate but I can sure see the advantages.
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