[AVRnj]

Hey everyone,

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone in the states.

I am finishing up my electrical control cabinet, and I am at the point where I need to wire up my motor connectors permanently. I am using 4 pin motor connectors, and I am not clear how to attach my wires to the connector pins.

The male side looks pretty straight forward, I can just push the wire in and solder it and it should hold well, but I am not clear on the female side at all. I suppose I can solder it there too, but I am wondering if there is a better way to do it?

Here is a pic of both my male and female side where the wires connect. The male is on the left, and the female is on the right. Any suggestions would be helpful.


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[Fastest1]

That is a different tab than I am used to but it doesnt appear to be a tab for a spade or similar . I say solder it. After doing a few of these cnc projects and desiring the coolest of connectors, I have found that if the BOB has screw terminals it is better to just push the wire thru a grommet and skip the additional connector. Once up and running there is no need to disconnect steppers, if you do have to, unscrew the 4 wires. Or unplug the Phoenix connector on the board (which wont fit thru the grommet btw).

[AVRnj]

That is a different tab than I am used to but it doesnt appear to be a tab for a spade or similar . I say solder it. After doing a few of these cnc projects and desiring the coolest of connectors, I have found that if the BOB has screw terminals it is better to just push the wire thru a grommet and skip the additional connector. Once up and running there is no need to disconnect steppers, if you do have to, unscrew the 4 wires. Or unplug the Phoenix connector on the board (which wont fit thru the grommet btw).

Thanks, that is what I will do, just solder them.

Yeah, for the BOB I am just pushing the wire in and tightening, seems fine. I went a bit crazy with connectors for my terminal power strips, but I think they are warranted there.

I will post some pics of everything when I am done in my build thread.

[cowanrg]

I have some like that and I soldered them. I just took a small piece of heatshrink and slide it up the wire before soldering, so then I can slide it down and shrink it in place. It makes for a very clean connection.

[lsces]

AVRnj - they are both classed as 'solder bucket' ... It's normal to push the wire though the hole to provide a more mechanical fit, but as in this case there is often not enough room to then solder over the wire and as cowanrg says fit heat shrink. over the top.