Bullet Connectors

[JPSmit]

last summer, I bought a bag of bullet connectors in Scotland and have used them all up.

was recently at an electronics supply shop and they had bullet connectors. which brings me to the questions

1. are they the same size?

2. are they worth using as they don't seem to be solid (I'm only using them for one or two - stereo - connections

3. they didn't seem to have the female connector - are these available?

 

[walshja]

Bullet connectors come in all different sizes, depending on the size wire you are connecting to.
https://www.wiringproducts.com/index1.html

you might want to use the connectors, if you can ensure they will stay connected, this way if you ever need to disassemble the radio, you can easily disconnect the speakers.

 

[jvandyke]

I scavenged a lot of bullet ends off my old wiring. Two seconds of propane heat and the end pulls off the wire. I found some male ends at my hardware store that seem to fit the Lucas female parts fine, they don't seem to have the female connections though, at least not just sitting there. Lucas has male ends on everything and two/three/four way connectors, the rest of world puts a male on one end a female on the other.
The ones I found also designed to be crimped on so they have insulation on them, I have to tear that off to solder then heatshrink tubing. It's a pain.
While on the topic, anyone know the trick for releasing a Molex plug? I need to put in my XR700.

 

[Bayless]

All those connectors are available from British Wiring.
https://www.britishwiring.com/
Both male and female in varying sizes. They are good folks to deal with too.

 

[RickB]

Thanks, reminds me I need to scavenge everything I can from the old wiring loom I got with my parts car. The propane torch trick will come in handy!

 

[bill_young]

Triple C also has the bullet connectors, male and female. https://www.triple-c.com/