11-09-2018, 03:34 PM
Any bit of wire will do the job as long as it can be inserted comfortably within the time limit, the dealer one uses a small switch i think but the size of the wire and the way it folded up was just convenient for me.
Playing with electronics i always have too many bits laying around and this one was nice in the way it folded making it easy to get in and out of the connector without splaying the pins open, automotive connectors are getting smaller, lighter and better in water resistance but a bit more fragile than spade or old fashioned bullit connectors.
And well done for pointing this out, it is probably a bit safer to use a resistor just in case the orange wire which carries 12 volts gets connected to the green earth wire by mistake but of course not every body have some resistors handy.
Playing with electronics i always have too many bits laying around and this one was nice in the way it folded making it easy to get in and out of the connector without splaying the pins open, automotive connectors are getting smaller, lighter and better in water resistance but a bit more fragile than spade or old fashioned bullit connectors.
And well done for pointing this out, it is probably a bit safer to use a resistor just in case the orange wire which carries 12 volts gets connected to the green earth wire by mistake but of course not every body have some resistors handy.