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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2019 9:49:46 GMT
I've just bought a pair of fog / spot lamps to put on the boat. They are Maxtel old school non LED lamps nice quality on a 1.5 inch stainless bar. 4x4 type auxiliary lamps. The wire terminals are these What are they called and how do you fit them? It looks like soldering but I'm not sure if it's with a torch or an iron. I'm terrible at soldering but would like to do a quality job seeing as how well done the existing part is.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2019 9:52:51 GMT
Perhaps if it were possible to buy lengths of wire with these bullets already fitted to the end that would be a useful option. I can put crimp terminals on the other end for connecting to the relay.
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Post by duncan on Nov 12, 2019 10:02:19 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2019 10:03:29 GMT
They are a bit more durable than that and not crimped. Soldered it seems.
And the sleeve they slide into is not designed to be crimped either although it does look very similar to a heavy duty butt splice.
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Post by duncan on Nov 12, 2019 10:06:44 GMT
They are a bit more durable than that and not crimped. Soldered it seems. And the sleeve they slide into is not designed to be crimped either although it does look very similar to a heavy duty butt splice.
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Post by JohnV on Nov 12, 2019 10:11:04 GMT
They are a bit more durable than that and not crimped. Soldered it seems. And the sleeve they slide into is not designed to be crimped either although it does look very similar to a heavy duty butt splice. there is quite a range of bullet connectors available Andrew www.ebay.co.uk/itm/202200084801
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2019 10:12:56 GMT
How do you go about soldering them?
Is it a case of heating up the thing then just putting the wire in it?
have they got solder in already or do you add it ?
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Post by JohnV on Nov 12, 2019 10:19:17 GMT
basically ..... yes ...... if the type with a closed end, push the wire in, lay it on a heatproof surface ..... hold the soldering iron on the tip of the bullet (you don't want solder on the contact surfaces) and feed the cored solder into the cup shaped end ..... takes a little practice.
If it's the type with a hole in the tip then crumple the wire a bit so that it is mechanically fixed then with the soldering iron in a rest, holding the connector by the wire, touch it to the iron and add solder.
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Post by samsam on Nov 12, 2019 14:16:54 GMT
The obvious question is why do you want "high powered fog lights" at all on a canal boat? Estuary cruising? Channel crossing? Certainly no use on a canal boat, think about the poor sod coming the other way.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2019 14:41:12 GMT
Totally agree and I am one person who never uses a tunnel light other than in a tunnel and even then I turn it to the side. When navigating -canals- in the dark I just use red and green and cabin lighting. However this is not a canal boat. Some form of forward illumination is useful when not on canals. I wouldn't dream of putting that type of light on a canal boat The worst most horrible ones are those awful LED light bars. They are just nasty ! I think fog lights might come in handy for the circumnavigation.
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Post by JohnV on Nov 12, 2019 14:54:15 GMT
The obvious question is why do you want "high powered fog lights" at all on a canal boat? Estuary cruising? Channel crossing? Certainly no use on a canal boat, think about the poor sod coming the other way. Bloody handy finding your way through mooring trots and also invaluable on Ouse and Trent thanks to CRT's invisible navigation lights
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Post by samsam on Nov 12, 2019 15:56:41 GMT
Thank heavens for that, I was thinking that the shotgun was needed but its terrible when discharged in a tunnel. So you use it for spotting buoys? or boys?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2019 17:41:23 GMT
They have shotproof glass anyway. Already tested with my Black widow and 3/8 chromed steel balls. Chrome for the hard effect.
They just bounced off.
The lamps are not going to be used much it's just there can be odd occasions when a lot of light forward of the vessel can be useful. Not sure what these occasions are but they exist.
Similar sort of thing to the eardrum puncturing air horn which is going between the lamps.
And SAM launchers.
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Post by Jim on Nov 12, 2019 18:17:30 GMT
They have shotproof glass anyway. Already tested with my Black widow and 3/8 chromed steel balls. Chrome for the hard effect. They just bounced off. The lamps are not going to be used much it's just there can be odd occasions when a lot of light forward of the vessel can be useful. Not sure what these occasions are but they exist. Similar sort of thing to the eardrum puncturing air horn which is going between the lamps. And SAM launchers. What has poor samsam done to deserve being launched?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2019 18:26:32 GMT
Surface to Air Missiles. Always handy to deal with the navigation authority drones.
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