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Poll: What Do Electronic Engineers Want to Know about Cabling, Wiring & Connectors

I know its hard to gain the attention of electronic engineers who get goose bumps over hearing about the fastest processor ever on the Raspberry Pi4 or the latest high-performance dual core superscalar processor running at 1.6 Ghz, and then abruptly change the conversation to talk about wiring, cabling and connectors.

 

But all electronics systems need to one degree or another some kind of wiring, cabling (for connecting sub-assemblies or system wide components), and connectors (interconnects and terminations).

 

If I have your attention, I'd like to bring you into the conversation now and ask you (as if we were sitting at a bar I frequent near my apartment in Chicago called The Globe Pub), "what do you want to know about cabling wiring and connectors." (Go ahead, take a sip from your glass of GuinnessRegistered before you answer).

 

To help you ponder your answer, check out my poll below. Or, leave a comment and tell me what what you would like to know about cabling, wiring and connectors, or, even better, share a story about the time that you wished you had known more about wiring, cabling and connectors and didn't and what happened.

 

Poll Question: What Do You Want to Know about Cabling, Wiring & Connectors?

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  • in reply to wolfgangfriedrich

    In the UK they are also refered to as Bootlace Ferrules. As you say they are useful for connecting wires into screw terminals - without a bootlace ferrule the screw cuts into single strands of the conductor and weakens it. The bootlace ferrule makes a stronger surface for the screw to push against and in doing so keeps the cable operating rating as intended. They are particularly useful when the connection is broken and made a few times or more. I like them because they are low-cost !

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