Methods of connecting two led cabin lights to one switch

steve yates

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On a similar idea. Itoccurred to me in retrospect, that what I should have is some kind of interface, rather than a crimped buttjoin between the really thin wires from the led light and my 1.5 mm cable. As the lights are fixed to different plypanels and I need to be able to remove panels ( with the light attached) to fix more cables for different instruments etc.
Would a male spade on one wire and a female on the other one be ok for this? Then when I take the panel down I can just disconnect the spade connectors without disturbing all the rest of the cables?
 

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On a similar idea. Itoccurred to me in retrospect, that what I should have is some kind of interface, rather than a crimped buttjoin between the really thin wires from the led light and my 1.5 mm cable. As the lights are fixed to different plypanels and I need to be able to remove panels ( with the light attached) to fix more cables for different instruments etc.
Would a male spade on one wire and a female on the other one be ok for this? Then when I take the panel down I can just disconnect the spade connectors without disturbing all the rest of the cables?

Many options, including bullet connectors and proprietary types.

The important thing is to use fully insulated types, so that there are no exposed metal parts that can short. Uninsulated females are OK for use in panel and on motor terminals, but not this application.
 
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