BruceTF135

Cobber wrote:

Those red blue or yellow insulated crimp connectors are the work of the devil, damned things are more trouble than they are worth.
Much better of with un insulated crimp connectors you carefully crimp over the tangs and then use a little solder to ease the deal as it were followed by some heat shrink tubing to insulate.

Hey, Cobber! The supplied bullet connectors have been of the type you describe for a few years now. I should probably update the image as there are also other different parts now. The problem is that everybody recognises the picture. It's even at the top of this thread!

I have tried using the same type of crimps in the rest of the kit. Unfortunately, they have been a bit troublesome for various reasons, mostly to do with insulation, so I have stuck with the plastic insulated crimps. I have a 0.2% failure rate reported involving these crimps. They work well if assembled carefully with decent crimping pliers.

I do tend to agree with the sentiment of the comment though. In my car, apart from the said bullet connectors which connect to existing connections, everything is soldered and heatshrinked