Terminal Plugs

Electrical wire connectors called terminal plugs are reliable and secure, yet they are also very good for quick and easy connecting and disconnecting. That's why they're commonly found in control panels, test equipment, and modular electronic assemblies. Through these components, technicians can connect and disconnect parts of an electrical system rapidly. This quick installation and removal means that operators can achieve the reconfigurations necessary to keep a system going without having to do any serious rewiring. Terminal plugs are, therefore, a good solution for making an electrical system reliable and easy-to-service.

There exist many types of terminal plugs. These can generally be split into two broad categories: application-specific plugs and general-use plugs. They can handle many sizes and types of solid or stranded wires. By and large, these wiring components use screws or push-in terminals at the back end, where the wire is inserted into the hole. Unlike some of the other wiring components, these products never use IDCs (insulation displacement connectors). At the front, they often have some type of plug mechanism that can plug into another component.