Where do you get wire terminal blocks in the US...

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DAVID_L_PERRY · #1 Post by **DAVID_L_PERRY** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:24 am

I have had several PM's asking what the little terminal blocks are on my filter:-

They are just wire Terminal blocks, they come in strips, available at every DIY shop in the UK, I cant imagine for a second that they are not readily available at every hardware store in the US ??.

Can somebody post a link where to get them, and if they are called something all swanky and American please post the name....

Dave

Tim A · #2 Post by **Tim A** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:31 am

Easy to find:

http://www.partsexpress.com/webpage.cfm ... oup_ID=418

Sydney · #3 Post by **Sydney** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:38 am

Those barrier strips are common in Europe, less so in the US:
Try MCM part# 28-990 (8 position) $1.64 and 28-995 (12 position) $2.13

DAVID_L_PERRY · #4 Post by **DAVID_L_PERRY** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:42 am

Nope, they are not quite the same. The terminals are exposed, and look to be in fixed lengths.

From what I can see they are noted as 'European-Style Terminal Strips'

You get them in strips over here and just cut the number of terminal you need using a blade....

Cheaper here as well......hooray...we win on price at long last...
http://cpc.farnell.com/CNSTP10/cable-wi ... ED-1276-18

Dave

Tim A · #5 Post by **Tim A** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:44 am

Sorry, I didn't realize you meant that specific style.

mudbwetdirt · #6 Post by **mudbwetdirt** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 12:09 pm

This is what I used for my low pass filters
http://www.riaconnect.com/terminal_deta ... gory_id=17

DAVID_L_PERRY · #7 Post by **DAVID_L_PERRY** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 12:14 pm

Cheers Mud...they look like the suckers.....

mudbwetdirt · #8 Post by **mudbwetdirt** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 12:28 pm

I should thank you I copied your picture above printed it and made mine just like yours but yours look better than mine. You can get them at Rat Shack.
http://www.radioshack.com/sm-12-positio ... 03986.html

dbaldock · #9 Post by **dbaldock** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 12:29 pm

Sometime in the past, I bought something like that at Radio Shack. I'm sure if they were the least bit popular, they dropped them from the catalog.

LelandCrooks · #10 Post by **LelandCrooks** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 12:40 pm

I bought a bundle of 50 on ebay for $5 about a month ago.

mudbwetdirt · #11 Post by **mudbwetdirt** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 12:43 pm

I checked the site it shows them in stock at all the stores here in Salt Lake City, Utah. Mine were laying around for years but I didn't get them at Rat Shack I picked them up at some electronics store can't remember which one.

SoundInMotionDJ · #12 Post by **SoundInMotionDJ** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:18 pm

I got the barrier strips for the DR200 filters at the Shack. For other projects, I have gotten the European style at Fry's.

--Stan Graves

MYork · #13 Post by **MYork** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 3:04 pm

I picked up a set at Radio Shack.

Harley · #14 Post by **Harley** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 3:44 pm

These connector blocks are known here as chocolate blocks...no kidding.

They originally came in brown, so I guess that's why.

You can buy them in all sorts of colours (with a U ) here and there are different sizes for different amperages.

You can also buy them in bundles of 50 strips ( about 20 connectors each )

No decent sparky would be without a couple of bundles of these as well as a half dozen packs of plastic cable ties

DJPhatman · #15 Post by **DJPhatman** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:34 pm

I am using these

I got them from here.

Pretty cheap at $1.99USD each, and the order lady was quite nice, and extremely helpful!