Need name of strange connector

[DemoDisk]

I'm trying to replace the defrost heater in a Whirlpool fridge/freezer.
The calrod heater delivered yesterday has no connectors on the wire
leads, and I don't know where to get them or what to call them.

Description -- These crimp-on connectors are similar to the familiar
spade connectors, but the ends are rounded, bullet-like, to the same
diameter as the wire. They plug into the rear wall of the freezer above
the freezer coils. Couldn't be simpler, but I never saw them before.

It always helps to know the exact name of what you're looking for,
either on the phone or on Google, so would someone tell me what they're
called? I'm stumped.

Thanks,
JPM

 

[DemoDisk]

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DemoDisk wrote:
I'm trying to replace the defrost heater in a Whirlpool
fridge/freezer.
The calrod heater delivered yesterday has no connectors on the wire
leads, and I don't know where to get them or what to call them.

Description -- These crimp-on connectors are similar to the familiar
spade connectors, but the ends are rounded, bullet-like, to the same
diameter as the wire. They plug into the rear wall of the freezer
above
the freezer coils. Couldn't be simpler, but I never saw them
before.

It always helps to know the exact name of what you're looking for,
either on the phone or on Google, so would someone tell me what
they're
called? I'm stumped.

Thanks,
JPM


As in bullet crimp connector? eg.
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103498&cp=

You might find them in auto parts stores in heavier duty versions than
radioshack.

JC

Good link, JC. Interestingly, I was at RatShack this afternoon and the
guy said they don't carry those connectors, yet there's the very item on
their website!

 

[Archon]

DemoDisk wrote:

I'm trying to replace the defrost heater in a Whirlpool fridge/freezer.
The calrod heater delivered yesterday has no connectors on the wire
leads, and I don't know where to get them or what to call them.

Description -- These crimp-on connectors are similar to the familiar
spade connectors, but the ends are rounded, bullet-like, to the same
diameter as the wire. They plug into the rear wall of the freezer above
the freezer coils. Couldn't be simpler, but I never saw them before.

It always helps to know the exact name of what you're looking for,
either on the phone or on Google, so would someone tell me what they're
called? I'm stumped.

Thanks,
JPM


As in bullet crimp connector? eg.

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103498&cp=

You might find them in auto parts stores in heavier duty versions than
radioshack.

JC

 

[PeterD]

On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:16:13 -0500, "DemoDisk" <packrat@nospam.com>
wrote:

I'm trying to replace the defrost heater in a Whirlpool fridge/freezer.
The calrod heater delivered yesterday has no connectors on the wire
leads, and I don't know where to get them or what to call them.

Description -- These crimp-on connectors are similar to the familiar
spade connectors, but the ends are rounded, bullet-like, to the same
diameter as the wire. They plug into the rear wall of the freezer above
the freezer coils. Couldn't be simpler, but I never saw them before.

It always helps to know the exact name of what you're looking for,
either on the phone or on Google, so would someone tell me what they're
called? I'm stumped.

Thanks,
JPM

Can you post an image? (both, the old heater, and the new one)