Screw on banana/spade connectors

uncledemp330 posts
02-25-2020 5:56pm

Millercarbon hath spoken.

So true! We are lucky to have someone who knows everything in this forum! Conversation over.

Just normal u shaped spade connectors.

See this is where your loosing me. A spade is flat no U with a round wire receiver, normally insulated, normally CRIMPED..
A  "U" sounds like a Y connector to me. A Y the tail on the Y is the wire receiver and can be soldered, crimped and soldered or securement screws.  I've just never seen a spade used for a speaker terminal. Only as a speaker driver connection. 
.125 -.250  wide, about .60" thick for 10 amp (blue) .80" for 15 amp (Yellow)..
A spade has a male and a female. A Y is locked down via a locking nut
and normally the most commonly used feature on a FIVE (5) way binding post..(except banana).It's also a very GOOD way to mechanically connect and keep it tight.. TORQUE IT..A Y is an Eye term with the top cut out.  Hee hee. Yup Yup
I'm kinda thick sometime that way.. But ay, I haven't see a lot of things. LOL. Just an ol wore out mechanic..

So is it still a spade? or a Y, just wondering? Y is very common..

Regards

Like these. Not sure where I'm losing you. Speaker cables with spade connectors. There are millions of them in the world.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/963103-REG/canare_ca4s112s2s3_haveflex_4s11_speaker_cable.htm...

You know I just looked. The Europeans are calling a Y (US electrical term) connector a spade, this may be what I'm missing. I might  be incorrect, I see the term interchange between the two different connections..I don't know..Why. Open Eye or Y is the common US nomenclature. 

Regards

Oh ok!