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Unread 02-03-2009, 12:46 AM
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As you can see in the above picture the pins don't make much contact with each other when the are connected. Judging by the size of the wires you can see that there is a lot of constant energy going through them and the connectors are anything but adequate in my eyes. I have pondered what types of connectors to replace them with. I don't see myself removing the regulator anytime soon and if I do I have no problem cutting the wires back and using connectors that I might decide on. The wires aren't so clean looking but I broke out the flux and the soldering iron to get ready to fuse them together anway. I didn't cut them back for cleaner wire as I didn't want to do that unless I had connectors to crimp on. The wires are short enough as it is and a soldered connection will easily be good enough, even with these crappy wire ends.

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