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Ziva

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Dear All,

I am in the middle of a complete rewiring project, I preferred to rewired the whole car rather than fix the 35 years old wiring.

I would like to use as much as possible DT connectors, but I would like to know how to do the followings:

  1. let say I have one positive feed for example for the rear lights that I need to connect to two wires on the other side. how do you do it? for example I come from the fuse panel with one wire for the rear lights and need to connect two wires on the other side (left and right)?
  2. what is the maximum gauge or mm2 for each wires in the DT connectors? can I run multiple 2,5mm2 into one plug with let say, 6 pins?
Thank you all for your help.
 
Thanks a lot, for bullet connectors, I knew some double ones existed. but DT connectors are waterproof and can have a lot more "pins". so this is why I wanted to stay in that root.
 
I'm in the process of slowly converting every bullet crimp connector to Deutsch DT series (For anyone interested, more info here: DT Series Tech Specs)

I knew them from a previous life and decided to fit them wherever possible on the 110 that is currently undergoing resto. Landyzone thread here.

For any cable split into two directions it will be a simple strip/solder/heatshrink approach for now. Both the DT 16 awg/1.5mm and 14 awg/2.5mm terminals will take 13 amps per contact and there is a 12 awg/4mm connector range that will take 25 amps. This should be more than enough for a 90/110.

Edit: There are DT Bussed connectors available...this is new to me so will investigate if they can replace a simple splice.

I do have some 8 awg Deutsch connectors sitting on the shelf "just in case they come in handy". They will take 60 amps...but not found any need for them - yet.

Hope this helps?
 
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No thanks, i'll stick with the Lucas connectors, trying to find a cable fault in a fiddly 6 or 8 wire connector doesn't sound like fun.

My father would turn in his grave with the thought of fitting German connectors to a Landrover ...
 
SimonBrown said:
I'm in the process of slowly converting every bullet crimp connector to Deutsch DT series (For anyone interested, more info here: DT Series Tech Specs)

I knew them from a previous life and decided to fit them wherever possible on the 110 that is currently undergoing resto. Landyzone thread here.

For any cable split into two directions it will be a simple strip/solder/heatshrink approach for now. Both the DT 16 awg/1.5mm and 14 awg/2.5mm terminals will take 13 amps per contact and there is a 12 awg/4mm connector range that will take 25 amps. This should be more than enough for a 90/110.

Edit: There are DT Bussed connectors available...this is new to me so will investigate if they can replace a simple splice.

I do have some 8 awg Deutsch connectors sitting on the shelf "just in case they come in handy". They will take 60 amps...but not found any need for them - yet.

Hope this helps?
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Thanks a lot Simon, do you have a reference for the bussed connector? I can only find this one

DT04-08PA-P021​


but this is not in the general brochure. I think it will be a really good way of going about.

Thanks,
 
Ziva said:
Thanks a lot Simon, do you have a reference for the bussed connector? I can only find this one
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I don't I'm afraid, apart from those shown on page 9 of the PDF link above.

Frustratingly they do not do a three way split. But the 4 way looks useful.
 
SimonBrown said:
I don't I'm afraid, apart from those shown on page 9 of the PDF link above.

Frustratingly they do not do a three way split. But the 4 way looks useful.
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I do not see a lot of needs for those split connectors, except, for the way I rewired the car:
1) from the rear to the front with a 12 pins plug, that would be great (using trailer cables, you have everything you need)
2) from the fuse box to the front, one central core cables and then splitter into two, left, right.
3) for the indicators also

The problem seams to always be the one to x? I connect think of a way to avoir those, i could run multiple cables to the fuse box and then use a fuse box but i cannot find one which accept two to one either.

What did you do on yours regarding this?
 
Ziva said:
The problem seams to always be the one to x? I connect think of a way to avoir those, i could run multiple cables to the fuse box and then use a fuse box but i cannot find one which accept two to one either.
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I think it would be possible to use a bussed 4-way connector. 3 of the cable entries could be used, and the 4th one filled with a blanking plug - which are available.

Like these: DT Blanking Plugs

I have not got to a point where I need to make decision...but its one way forward.
 
indeed, blanking plugs are useful can always be used afterwards as a pin. my problem is more the other way around, I want to joint two pin to one wire and I am scratching my head to find a solution.
 
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