Source for electrical connectors?

[julie at menloparkrandd.com (julie@menloparkrandd.com)]

Ahhhh.... Good old texan inginuity!

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Chuck Blue [mailto:sukchew@cox-internet.com]
>Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 06:50 PM
>To: 'Dan Bubb', julie@menloparkrandd.com, 'GGehrke', 'Scirocco list'
>Subject: Re: Source for electrical connectors?
>
>Oh Hell!
>A couple of twists of the wire and a little black tape will electrocute the 
>world.LOL
>ole blue
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Dan Bubb" <jdbubb@verizon.net>
>To: <julie@menloparkrandd.com>; "GGehrke" <ggehrke@gmail.com>; "Scirocco 
>list" <Scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 6:23 AM
>Subject: Re: Source for electrical connectors?
>
>
>> Why solder them?
>> A properly done crimp is quite adequate.
>> And a poorly done solder joint only makes it worse, not better.
>> There isn't any upside.
>> Dan
>>
>> From: <julie@menloparkrandd.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 9:58 PM
>>
>>
>>> Not bad connectors with decent current capability. BUT... Get the correct 
>>> tool AND Solder the connections!
>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: GGehrke [mailto:ggehrke@gmail.com]
>>>>Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 09:39 PM
>>>>To: 'Scirocco list'
>>>>Subject: Source for electrical connectors?
>>>>
>>>>As part of my upcoming rewiring project, I am trying to find
>>>>interlocking electrical connectors (I want to make the whole system
>>>>easy to remove and reinstall because when I get the time and money to
>>>>do the body work I want to be able to strip the entire car to nothing
>>>>to rebuild, but want to be able to reuse the electrics when I build it
>>>>back up, and I want to be able to redesign and upgrade parts of it
>>>>without having to rebuild the whole thing)
>>>>
>>>>Anyways, I found radio hack has them for what appears to be a pretty
>>>>decent price:
>>>>http://www.radioshack.com/family/index.jsp?categoryId=2032286&cp=2032058.2032231&allCount=11
>>>>
>>>>and I'm probably going to pick up an assortment of WeatherPack
>>>>connectors off ebay for the underhood connections I need to make, but
>>>>making all the connections I need to make with WeatherPack stuff would
>>>>get hugely expensive.
>>>>
>>>>But does anyone know of a source for an assortment of basic connectors
>>>>like this? I'm basically building a complete electrical harness from
>>>>scratch so I need them in all sorts of sizes, just like the original
>>>>stuff (only hopefully better).
>>>>
>>>>I also need things like power distribution blocks and fuse blocks, but
>>>>I think I've got all that covered through an eBay source unless anyone
>>>>knows of anything better
>>>>
>>>>-Grant-
>>>>
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