In a message on Friday 12-09-15 Ed Vance said to Holger Granholm:   
      
   GM Ed,   
      
    HG> There's only a small hitch, the "Abiko" connectors on the batteries,   
    HG> are narrower than the original, but the wider female connectors on the   
    HG> leads seem to make enough contact.   
      
   EV> Abiko is a new term/word for what I've always called Faston   
   EV> Terminals. I'll look the word up to see if it is in the Wordweb   
   EV> dictionary.   
      
   You'll not find it in any dictionary, but it's what all those flat   
   terminals/connectors are called here. The name "Abiko" probably stems   
   from the first (to us) known manufacturer of these.   
      
   EV> I have seen two different sizes of Faston terminals in things that I   
   EV> have got to salvage the parts out of them.   
      
   There are at least four different widths known to me. The male terminals   
   come in the sizes: 3/8", 1/4", 5/16" and the female connectors are marked   
   with a coloured plastic collar marking their current carrying capacity.   
   Yellow standing for 6, blue for 2,5 and red for 1.5 sq.millimetres wire   
   size.   
      
   These are the most common sizes, but then there is at least one narrower   
   male terminal size.   
      
   The wire can be soldered to the connector but usually one uses a crimp   
   tool to attach the wire to the female connector.   
      
      
   CU L8ER, Sam, OH0NC   
      
   aka Holger   
      
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