Automotive terminals

The role of automobile terminals

To connect your wires to protect yourself from short circuits, it is essential to connect them with a terminal system. The lugs are connectors allowing good transfer of electricity, they are to be connected to wires. This type of accessory generally appears as a small piece of metal but there are various shapes. It is highly conductive and makes it easy to connect your automotive equipment. The transfer of energy is done safely because you have the assurance that your wires will not protrude and will not create false contact. A poorly placed terminal can cause your equipment to break down.

The automobile terminals that we offer

We offer various lugs for your connections. The quality of the terminals offered are made of materials resistant to humidity and repeated electrical impulses. Choose the right terminal you need from our catalog. There are a large number of lugs in your vehicle, they are present in the engine in the bodywork but also inside the vehicle. Terminals are generally universal, however a specific connection is equivalent to a specific terminal. So a battery terminal is different from a headlight terminal. We have various types of lugs of different millimeters and different categories. They can be fixed or inserted but there are also checkmarks to hang.

Types of lugs

All automobile terminals have the same function, however, there are various models to facilitate the connection of your accessories. The terminals can be:

- Male and female

- crimp terminals or not

- insulated or non-insulated terminals

- tibular lugs

- Eye terminal

- terminal with heat-weldable and heat-shrinkable tip

The material from which a lug is made is generally copper, copper  is in fact an excellent conductor, it can also be tinplate or stainless steel..

How to use a terminal

Installing a terminal is very easy, with crimping pliers you can make a connection in a very short time. The terminal is a connection system. To connect your wire to the connector you will need to strip the wire to be connected then place it inside. Then use pliers to tighten and trap the wire inside the terminal.Some terminals have heat-shrinkable protection; however, you will need to heat the plastic part. Once the wire is connected to the stock, attach the stock to the connector. It is difficult to spot a fault because of a poorly connected terminal, so check that your terminals are perfectly fixed by pulling lightly on them.

How to choose your terminal type

If you are thinking of installing new equipment on your vehicle, make sure you have appropriate terminals to connect them to the connector. The choice of a terminal must be made based on several parameters. The size of the wire is very important to know, depending on the thickness of the wire there is a suitable type of terminal. It will also be necessary to take into account the proximity of the wires, if the different wires to be connected are close to each other. Stocks with a plastic protective sheath should be preferred to avoid false contact. For multiple installations, there are terminal boxes with different types of brackets.