Did you use spades with your Furutech outlets?

[mfaoro]

For those of you who

 

1. have installed Furutech GTX NCF outlets

 

2. are using 10 gauge wire

 

Did you purchase and use the Furutech spades to connect power to the outlet. Furutechs website and several other sites ‘recommend’ using the spades with 10 gauge wire. However, no one I have talked to has used the spades. The outlets do have a place for the spades to connect.

 

thanks,

Michael

[mfaoro]

2 minutes ago, One and a half said:

You mean 10AWG on a US style receptacle Furutech notwithstanding?

There's no other way really, heck I use rings actually even on 12AWG, you just get the transfer of current using bare connections.

 

Ring lugs are necessary for the ground, if the screw loosens, there's still some contact area, if a spade is used, the earth wire will most likely fall off.

Thank you 1 1/2. 

 

Not being handy with much of anything, I don't quite understand your answer. 

 

Yes, 10 gauge on an US style furutech receptacle. Here is a bit of material from Furutechs website. Check out the last two images.

 

 

The outlet accommodates spades or bare wire. It looks like it accepts bare wire up to 8 gauge.

 

I don't understand why Furutech says this on their website... (seems to me bare wire would be a superior connection to spades)

 

"- Furutech spade terminal FP-209 recommended for 10 AWG wire"

 

...and what other people who own the outlet did in their install.

 

Michael

 

 

 

 

[mfaoro]

5 minutes ago, One and a half said:

A crimp on a ring or spades has tons of pressure applied  causing no oxygen to be trapped between the copper and the spade. The copper becomes a solid. The right tool needs to used, ratchet types are easier on the hand a n d have tremendous force.

 

In comparison,  direct connection of copper with a screwed connection by hand is the weakest. 

So you vote for spades then.Your explanation make sense.