>
>I get a big chuckle almost every day on E-Bay with people bidding
>outlandish prices for the Millen connectors, and of course, Surplus
>Sales of NE is always "retail + 100%" on a lot of their stuff.
>
>Bulletin! Bulletin!
>The James Millen Co. is alive and well in North Andover, MA!!!!!
>Tel. number for the hardware division is (781)662-8939
>A complete set of either red or black connectors is under $8.00!!!!
>
>The Millen red and black connectors must be in daily use on 1000's
>of amps around the world. There is a mounting scheme to use if going
>above 4000 volts that makes them as good as anything else. Most
>of my failures with Millen connectors were self-induced > 2 amps/not
>mounting on plexiglass or teflon/chassis hole too small. These connectors
>allow use of copper spark plug wire from J.C. Whitney in Chicago. This
>stuff must be good for 30-40kv and it fits snuggly into the male connector.
>It has been charged that the Millen connectors are hygroscopic. The yellow
>ones are, but the red and black are not.
phenolic is hygroscopic. The red and black Millen connectors that I
have seen are phenolic.
.....
- Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.
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