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Good ring terminal kit?

Bennylava

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I could use a good kit full of ring terminals. This will mainly be for automotive use. But at times automobiles will need some larger ring terminal sizes. So I need the kit to have plenty of the big ones in there. Figured this place would be as good a place as any to ask where to find the good kits. Thanks!
 
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Chicken

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I have a hard time trusting Amazon/Ebay for this type thing.

Waytek seems like a safer bet.
 

4 Ever-Fish N

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Good eye Alex. The purchasers should be able to flag the product so Amazon can address the issue. Edit: there is a place on Amazon to Report Incorrect Product Information. I sent Amazon a message and asked why so many purchasers were giving bad reviews due to incorrect brand. Not sure it will help but can't hurt.

according to most of the reviews, it's **** from China, not 3M as advertised.
 
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Digikey is another good source for every type of terminal known to man. I prefer open barrel type terminals and add my own adhesive heat shrink.
 

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What is the advantage of using 3m? I use the cheap stuff off eBay, usually the heat shrink type, and I've never had a problem.
 

signcrafter

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Some of the cheaper marine grade heat shrink terminals are decent but some aren't. You won't really be able to tell until you start using them. HF actually has some decent marine grade heat shrink **** terminals. They used to carry ring and spade also but think they stopped.

I've also switched to using plane crimp connectors and heat shrink. It's actually cheaper to put a kit together this way. When you buy the crimps that come with heat shrink you are paying a premium, not a ton but it still adds up. The bigger price is having all these terminals laying around that you may or may not ever use. So if you buy just the crimps they are way cheaper to have just laying around. Then you just need a roll of heat shrink to make your own. You can even get a few rolls of heat shrink so you can have different colors instead of the standard 3 colors for the different sized crimps, blue, yellow, red.

I also wasn't a fan of having to crimp over the insulation. If you have good crimps it shouldn't be an issue but still don't like doing it when there is a better option.

This place has some pretty good prices on connectors and tie wraps, http://www.tiewraps.com/productpage.html.
 
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Bennylava

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Dang. I didn't think that decent ring terminals would be so expensive lol. Even though its probably cheaper to order one of the bigger good quality kits. Vs auto parts store packs of 12 for $9 each. Thanks for the replies!
 
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