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Cake day: July 1st, 2023

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  • Those are 100% spring terminals as the other person mentioned. I use these in my designs, you’ll need to press the orange buttons quite hard as they’re meant to work even in rocketry applications where bolted electrical connections may loosen.

    When you press the button, you’ll still need to apply mild insertion force. These work either with solid core wire, or stranded if the stranded wire has a ferrule crimped on.

    Shows how pressing the button bends a metal tang away from where the wire comes in, the little area with a squiggle.









  • I was an electrician to pay for school in Manhattan, it was fucking awesome meeting all these dudes and ladies from all walks of life, truly a melting pot. I worked under a quality-centric Rasta, who answered to a way-overworked foreman from long island, we would all be fighting some days, laughing together some days and always getting shit done.

    I don’t miss how much my fucking feet or shoulders hurt after being on ladders all day, 50 stories up where the wind fuckin’ gallops (till windows thankfully get installed), but I got so many stories and good/bad times out of the job.

    I miss NYC, tell you the truth.