Ancor Marine Grade Heat Shrink and Nylon Disconnects

I use these for wiring on my boat.

Just got these insulated disconnect terminals and did a test crimp of the male and female ends. They are just plain great. Doing some destructive testing, I see they have a wire stop and double metal layer crimp barrel, that gives solid crimps even with a cheap crimper. They crimp extremely firm to the wire, at what I assume is much greater tensile strength than the wire itself.I had got some other fully insulated ones at the local hardware store, "Young" brand, and they were cheap and defective junk. Looking for replacements, I found Ancor seemed like a solid brand. They definitely are high quality and don't even cost much more than the cheapo hardware store ones.I found once these are connected that they are a little overly difficult to disconnect. But there's an easy solution to that. Just take a small flathead screwdriver and slightly bend the female terminal until the connector disconnects with the resistance that you prefer. You can also use a buildup of heat shrink on the ends to make a highly moisture resistant connection.

Why anyone would skimp on crimps is beyond me. These may be more expensive than the cheapies, but they’re worth every penny. They’re the best you can buy!

Expensive but they work great!

Terminals are pricy but these are high quality. Not worth risking your electric job on cheap import terminals that don’t hold and are so thin they will be the weak link in the circuit.

Ancor are always very good products.

Ancor connectors are the only connectors I use. Well constructed and high quality.

Exactly what I wanted!!