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  1. #31
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    Quote Originally Posted by Com_VC View Post
    This kit might be better value as you get more connectors. Not sure if genuine or not though.

    https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Deutsch-...frcectupt=true
    Thanks.
    So hard to tell these days, but I'm pretty sure those pins look like counterfeits. The surface finish just looks a bit off, the green band also doesn't look right and - going by the comparison in the "genuine" listing - the chamfer instead of the radius indicates a fake.
    I'm also picking that if they were genuine they would definitely list Deutsch as the brand in the listing rather than "Unbranded".

    Steve

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    We use a mix of TE Connectivity, Narva, and Caterpillar stuff at work. The Cat stuff is ridiculous levels of stupidly expensive for no real gain over the TE or Narva.
    My crimping tool at work is a Daniels AF8 frame with a TH something (I think?) die set fitted. Local purchase of those these days is cost prohibitive for home use, somewhere around $800 from memory. The one I have at home is a TE one that I got from training course a while back.

    A word of warning for the unsuspecting about Deutsch connectors, they are sized. The pins are sized to the gauge of wire you are using and if you don’t have a multi head tool such as the Daniels (or one of the knock offs) they are also sized to the tooling. Keep that in mind when ordering connectors and tooling. For general automotive I use 16G (1.6mm) pins and 4mm auto electrical cable (cross sectional area of 1.8mm). The 4mm cable will fit in the 16G pins without trimming strands off if you are careful. If you’re going all retro and fitting some Cibie Super Oscars or Hella Bull lights to you fourby you may want to level up on the pin and cable size, but that will also mean another crimper for the larger pins. Oh and get an extraction tool, they cost literally nothing by comparison to everything else and are a god send when you need them.
    I tend to buy mine from Ashdown Ingrams, but that’s mostly because the company I work for spends a few cents with them and they look after us if we need stuff for home.

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    Thanks RT.
    I've just checked and the "DT" range range I was thinking of using is 16 gauge pins so I'm on the same track as you already use.
    No 200W halogens involved, and the only things I can think of that would need more than the 13A continuous rating of those connectors would be perhaps aircon condensor fans and electric brake feed and power for the caravan. The latter are usually connected with alternate plugs anyway ie anderson or trailer disconnect so I'll just worry about anything else as it comes up.

    Will definitely get a removal tool as I'm the bloke that will definitely insert the pin that should be at 2-o'clock looking from the front, into the socket 2-oclock position - looking from the back
    I may have done that before. Possibly even more than once....

    Steve

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