Buyers Heavy Duty Connectors

[DLCS]

Where can you get the electrical connectors like Buyers uses on their spreaders? I've looked everywhere for any kind of heavy duty weather tight connector but haven't had any luck.

[John Banks]

Have you tried AW Direct? I think I have seen them in the catalog...

[wyldman]

What you want is called an Anderson connector.Most good electrical places should be able to get them.NAPA and most parts store may have some,if not,they can order them.

If all else fails locally,give Jerre Heyer a call,just search for his membername,his number is in his signature line.

[DLCS]

John,


I looked at their site, don't have their catalog. The only ones i could find is the gray snap together kind, like you find on winches. I'm not sure if those would be good enough for use on something with exposure to salt and snow. Thanks for the help though, if find any let me know.

Thanks,
Mike

[Raymond]

The type that you can get from AW Direct will work just fine. After you put the wire in the back fill in the area around the wire with rtv. We have them on all of our spreaders and have not had a problem with them in the 5 or 6 years we've been using them.

[wyldman]

Most of those connectors are zinc\nickel coated,and do not corrode much.A little grease is all you need.

While RTV will work for a while,it should not be used.RTV is caustic and corrosive,and will eat and corrode wiring\terminals over time.

[Alan]

Originally posted by wyldman
While RTV will work for a while,it should not be used.RTV is caustic and corrosive,and will eat and corrode wiring\terminals over time.

When RTV first came on the market there was a magazine ad that advocated using it, along with a section of soda straw as a wire splicing sealant. The idea was that you put a cut section of soda straw over the wire,, made the splice with solder, then slid the piece of straw over the splice and pumped it full of RTV. Sure sounded like a great idea so I used it on a bad harness under the pickup I had then.

Within a couple years I had electrical problems again and traced it to those splices. The exposed copper inside that gob of RTV had turned into a useless wad of green gunk.

The vinegar smell you get from RTV is from the acetic acid in the uncured material.

Incidentally, that ad was only around for a short while. Probably about the length of time it took for wires to rot off and users to complain.

[Joe92GT]

I think the buyers connectors are horrible. I've had bad luck with mine, and my friend had the same problem. Intermittent connections.

I cut em off, and replaced em with a far superior connector.

Can't think of the name, it is probably what is described above.

Its a mini forklift battery connector. thats how I can describe it.

[DLCS]

Originally posted by Joe92GT
I think the buyers connectors are horrible. I've had bad luck with mine, and my friend had the same problem. Intermittent connections.

I cut em off, and replaced em with a far superior connector.

Can't think of the name, it is probably what is described above.

Its a mini forklift battery connector. thats how I can describe it.



Yeah thats how mine are, intermittent. If I get out of the truck and twist the plugs, they will work fine for a while. I think I'm going with the Anderson connectors seems like thats what I need.


Thanks everyone for the advice, much appreciated.

[bud16415]

RTV out gassing

We used to have to vent a control box at work with the door open for 24 hours with the old acidic type RTV. If we closed the door to soon the gas would corrode contact tips in the relays etc. RTV now comes in a non acidic type that only needs to absorb water from the air. This type is what you want to use to seal up electrical stuff. You cant tell the two apart once cured.

Bud