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Ugh, I absolutely hate these. They're always super hard to separate due to the slippery plastic they're made of.
by layoutIfNeeded 6y ago
Ugh, I absolutely hate these. They're always super hard to separate due to the slippery plastic they're made of.
- terramex 6y agoThey are both super hard to separate and yet they separate on their own when not observed.
- aidenn0 6y agoThe square-knot of the connector world!
- bschwindHN 6y agoThey're also quite unreliable compared to solid core wire. I've had a few confusing debugging sessions where one of these wires ended up being the reason the circuit didn't work - either no connection or a sporadic one.
- aidenn0 6y agoAren't all connectors unreliable compared to solid core wire? I mean one has moving parts and the other does not.
- bschwindHN 6y agoYep, and that's pretty much my point. People often use these connectors for breadboarding circuits. So many different vendors sell "DuPont" connectors of varying qualities. To save myself from any trouble with these connectors, I simply don't use them and opt for 22 gauge solid core wire directly. Ben Eater has a good video on the way he creates breadboard circuits, though his organization is a bit extreme for when you're prototyping. But in either case, you can use solid core wire directly and save yourself a lot of trouble. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE-_rJqvDhQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE-_rJqvDhQ
- aidenn0 6y agoI have definitely had issues with circuits due to a solderless-breadboard (like shown in that video) connector failing. They seem to have just as finite a lifetime as other wire-connectors I've used (but I haven't used knock-off DuPont connectors).
- tdeck 6y agoDid you mean crimped to solid core wire?
- londons_explore 6y agoI suspect you've been poking solid core wire into these, damaging them. Then they become unreliable...