How would you connect these spade terminals?

[CadillacMatt 10+ year member]

Hey guys, I'm trying to figure out what would be the best way to connect these spade cup terminals to my subs. They are pretty small, looks like 16-18ga connectors but I really don't think it's going to make a big difference, do you?

I was thinking spade terminals would be the best route. I was also entertaining the thought of soldering the wires directly onto the spades, or maybe soldering the connectors... so many options //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif

I know it looks messy but everything's bonded in with aircraft-grade epoxy (Plexus) and plus it's on the inside so you'd never see it anyhow.

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[bdawson72 5,000+ posts]

IIRC Lowes and home depot have spade terminals that size.

 

[Tiger Bass 5,000+ posts]

Female spades are pretty much the only way to go...

 

[CadillacMatt 10+ year member]

IIRC Lowes and home depot have spade terminals that size.

Female spades are pretty much the only way to go...

Would you guys suggest just crimping them on or soldering? I went and bought a cheapy little soldering iron and some rosin core solder from Wal-Mart JIC //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[Fusion_FREAK 10+ year member]

Solder them. Those little terminals could fall off.

 

[Tiger Bass 5,000+ posts]

Would you guys suggest just crimping them on or soldering? I went and bought a cheapy little soldering iron and some rosin core solder from Wal-Mart JIC //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

That small, crimping should get the job done, but I prefer to solder all my permanent connections regardless.

 

[CadillacMatt 10+ year member]

Ok thanks fellas I will try my virgin hands at soldering //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

Oh and BTW 16ga should be plenty for these subs, right? I really don't see the need for massive wire.

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

braze the males and then apply one of these....then reheat and they will be permanent until you reheat

 

[406er 10+ year member]

there the same femail spaded at neg speaker terminal. anyhow, i solder ALL my speaker wires to my terminal cup

 

[CadillacMatt 10+ year member]

braze the males and then apply one of these....then reheat and they will be permanent until you reheat

Hmm.. brazing? Please enlighten me //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[avs20 10+ year member]

He's saying apply solder to the terminal cup connectors, then connect the spade terminals and heat up joining the spade to the terminal cup connectors. I would personally just run wire through the hole and wrap it around, then solder.

 

[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

there the same femail spaded at neg speaker terminal. anyhow, i solder ALL my speaker wires to my terminal cup

lol at your spelling skills, you can't even blame that on being a typo

 

[CadillacMatt 10+ year member]

He's saying apply solder to the terminal cup connectors, then connect the spade terminals and heat up joining the spade to the terminal cup connectors. I would personally just run wire through the hole and wrap it around, then solder.

Ah OK. Both ways seem pretty solid. Thanks guys //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Careful heating the terminal cup too much... if it's cheap it could begin to melt...

nG

 

[406er 10+ year member]

lol at your spelling skills, you can't even blame that on being a typo

yeah i **** the bed on that one. when i type fast i dont usaly think of differnt spellings of words, just what ever pops into my head first gets typed. i get reamed pretty bad on some other forums for my spelling