So I’ve managed to break a quick disconnect on one of my TE’s.
Just the end piece came off, should I be able to just strip the wire and install a new female .110 Quick Disconnect? Anyone have a youtube link that covers this process?
Are these available at any hardware store / radioshack?
I swear, soldering gold is easier than working on sticks
Thanks to anyone who can help this n00bish question.
The .110" are a little harder to find, but they are out there. Been meaning to make them available on our store for a while, but haven’t gotten to it yet (maybe later tonight). RS may have them, but probably not the fully insulated type if they do.
But essentially, yes. Remove a short piece of insulation, slide the connector over, and crimp. If you don’t have a good crimper, then needle-nose pliers will work in a “pinch” ;).
I had difficulty finding the 0.110" quick disconnects in stores, so I ended up getting them online. They’re also called “0.110” female spade connectors", so you might be able to find them listed like that.
Lizardlick and Rollie Electronics stock them for $0.10 each.
I just put some fully insulated .110’s on the GroovyGameGear store, if you need them, but as long as it’s working, I wouldn’t sweat it. If you have a soldering iron and some solder, it should be pretty easy to just solder it in place, so long as you don’t need to change it out often.
I have a degree in jewelry making, and hadn’t done any electrical soldering before.
Soldering gold / sterling / platinum is different. I also usually have the triggers on my stick capped off, but put buttons back in solely for playing the MK tower challenge.
Regardess, ended up just rebuilding it in sterling and it seems to be working fine. Thanks for the help, I’ll order some QDC’s online so to not have to fabricate if this happens again.