Trouble sourcing rubber terminal covers + marine crimp conenctors.

[Beyondhelp]

Hi all, a couple of things, I'm rewiring my outboard motor, as at various points during its life its been played with and has had various repairs etc done to it. The connectors are also old and rather nasty so will be changing those to suitable water proof equivalents.

Firstly I want to replace all the rubber terminal caps as mine are looking tired these are the kind used on older mercury switch boxes. Can anyone help me locate a suitable supply of these? All the ones I can find seem to be a too large, for battery terminals etc.

Secondly, I'm after some high quality 'ring' crimp terminals for the same job. If they also have a heat shrink adhesive cover then even better!

I'm used to doing this kind of thing for automotive applications, but I want to get this right for marine too.

Thanks

 

[2Tizwoz]

The crimping has been covered before

http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?t=284928 This is the thread. There are sources of crimps and tools posted.

You need to use a suitable crimping tool so the plastic isn't damaged.

This is a ratchet type with simple suitably rounded jaws but you can use the plain cheap ones with similar jaws.

 

[Beyondhelp]

Thanks for that. That just leaves me with trying to find some rubber terminal covers if possible...

 

[Rigger Mortice]

any help?
http://www.autoelectricsupplies.co.uk/product/159/category/32

 

[Beyondhelp]

Thanks for looking, as it happens I came across those yesterday before I started the thread.
The trouble is that those are designed for quite large cables (8.5mm2 and up) which is approx AWG 8 cable - pretty thick. I'm after something which will take around 1.5-2.5 sq mm cable. Perhaps it will be worth me getting in contact with them to see if they can help with anything smaller.

 

[greenalien]

You can always make the cable bigger by using heat-shrink tubing - may need several sizes - and it doesn't hurt to put heatshrink over the crimped terminal as well.

 

[Lakesailor]

Try this site




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[Yacht Yogi]

Electrical terminals

Try this source:

http://www.vehicle-wiring-products.eu/VWP-onlinestore