Best solder free electrical connection

In message , snipped-for-privacy@snyder.on.ca writes

Hardly cockney, universal ex-pat speak

or would one prefer ...

merkin

and if you don't know what a merkin is, look it up

Yeah, but at least we had the stones to tell the monarchy to bugger off. Not that we don't do a lot of stupid stuff as well, but at least we haven't kept a clan of figureheads on the public dole for the last N centuries.

Um, the cultural education is nice but what's it got to do with electrical connections to a battery holder? Bizarre is fun but at least I try to keep my jokes within the subject matter being discussed. 8-)

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It was... Radio Shack used to have UK outlets (but seemed to have vanished), but the link above was certainly for their US replacement...

Its a long way to go for a battery holder..

Yes. All the way to your mail box. Of course, that may require you to get out of your chair and actually walk.

The link was to show what the connectors look like, the connectors are available all over the world except perhaps at the yak dealer out on the steppes. I have trimmed solder tabs on a number of items in order to slip a faston connector on them, it's not rocket surgery.

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I'd have thought both the battery holder and the tabs would be available at Maplins - small electronic parts.

Here's the Maplin link to what Brits call Lucar terminals:

The terminals are the same as what are called Faston (fast on) terminals in The U.S. which slip on to a rectangular metal tab. The oval shaped solder tabs on the battery holder can be squared off in order to accept a Faston/Lucar terminal. Trim the solder tab to look like the end of a male Faston/Lucar terminal and you can make a quick connect.

I hope this makes it clearer and easier to understand the concept.

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No, but it is half-assed. Solder lugs are much thinner than fast-on male lugs. You can get the width right, but it doesn't make for a very secure or reliable connection since the tab is still too thin.

and too soft.

It's not for a NASA mission! Great dangling donkey dorks man! It's for experimentation and playing around! It's not for the next great military jet interceptor! DO YOU UNDERSTAND IT'S FOR A TOY! GAWWD!

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FastOn is AMP's trade name for push-on terminals. I believe Lucar describes them as spade connectors.

Frederick Lucas started a car company by 1914. It went out of business in 1921. It produced the Lucar. Maybe that's the origin if the trade name.

This thread is one of the worst examples I've seen of a simple question turning into a hyper-elaborated megillah.

Several people (myself included) said that the terminals should/must be soldered, and if you felt uncomfortable soldering, find someone who can do it. That was all that was required, and the exchange should have ended there.

I don't blame anyone who contributed for trying to help. It's good to help.

But other than the desire for social interaction, why is all this necessary?

So pinch the connector a bit to tighten it up.

Looks like a lot of people have too much time on their hands.

And pay three times the value in shipping and taxes

Did you not read my post about 10 lines above ?

I'll type it again without sarcasm or pisstaking

"Excuse me, but is the OP a Septic or English ?

If he/she/it is English, it's bugger all use pointing them at Septic outlets, is it?"

Capiche, ragazzo ?

It's almost as bad as alt.2600. FLNF

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But it's so entertaining...... 8-)

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