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savage switch connectors
Miks15 - 21/4/11 at 07:45 AM

Hi guys,

What have people used to connect the wires to the savage switches? Ca you get mini spade connectors which fit them? Or even better a connector block which fits all of the connections? This would obviously be ideal and i would have thought there would be some but i cant seem to find any.

At the minute im using a normal spade cut in half with heat shrink around it to stop itsliding off sideways. But they are still not the best of fit. And its annoying if you have to remove the switch you have to take each one off, and remember where the wires go etc. Can be annoying. One connector would be perfect for it.

Cheers

eznfrank - 21/4/11 at 07:56 AM

Get down Maplins and look at speaker connectors. I think that's what mine are, they fit perfect once they've been given a very slight nip.

Blackbird Rush - 21/4/11 at 08:10 AM

I soldered them on then ran the wires to an inline multiplug, as the wires kept falling off with the small crimp terminals

Miks15 - 21/4/11 at 08:24 AM

I did think about this, the only other annoying thing is that the light conectors need to be free to be able to take the switch out so you cant really use a multi plug for these so they need some kind of connections.

Norfolkluegojnr - 21/4/11 at 09:19 AM

I found small spades from maplins fitted perfectly:

Linky

Miks15 - 21/4/11 at 09:42 AM

ahh excellent, will look into them, need to get a couple bits from maplins actually. cheers

bi22le - 21/4/11 at 11:32 AM

Mini spades are what you need. They are actually '-' speaker terminals for car speakers.

Just for reference the different colours represent the size of wire to be crimped. Red is small, blue medium and yellow large. You only need reds.

I have the same issue with mine. When I do a dash rewire (next winter or sometime this summer if it all goes wrong!!) I will solder to the terminals and use a plug approx 2" down the loom. For the LED connectors I will use mini spades.

My concern with spades is that some Savage switches (headlight, main beam) take a lot of current. Spade terminals dont offer very good surface area and may get warm or carbon out contact area creating problems. No scare mungering intended, many people use spade connectors with now problems, with lots of current being drawn.

HTH

Biz

Miks15 - 21/4/11 at 11:37 AM

OK thanks,

I will consider what your plannings on doing, ie solderings with a connector and spading the lights.

daniel mason - 21/4/11 at 05:59 PM

2 amp spades mate. you need loads for the switches. especially the hazard switch (which has 7)

bigfoot4616 - 21/4/11 at 06:17 PM

quote:
Originally posted by bi22le

My concern with spades is that some Savage switches (headlight, main beam) take a lot of current. Spade terminals dont offer very good surface area and may get warm or carbon out contact area creating problems. No scare mungering intended, many people use spade connectors with now problems, with lots of current being drawn.

HTH

Biz


not sure what the switches are rated at but i didn't fancy putting to much load through them so put relays in for the headlights and fan

daniel mason - 21/4/11 at 06:21 PM

its a good point!^^^ thats why i decided to use the standard stalk switches for the headlights through relays