[RadioTom]

I'm trying to shove some 12 gauge wire into my banana plugs from monoprice.com. They fit, but I'm having a REALLY hard time getting them in. Anyone have any tips?

 

[harmann]

What kind of banana plug you have? They have an installation guide for closed screw plugs here http://www.monoprice.com/manual/INST...NA%20PLUGS.pdf

 

[RadioTom]

lol! Thank you very much. I was doing it completely wrong.


I have one more question though: how perfect do the strands of copper need to be on step 4 for it work properly? Sometimes my strands are a little shorter than that and sometimes a little bit longer. Thank you.

 

[harmann]

Well try to make it like in their picture

If the strands are too long and get on the threads it's very very hard to screw in. If shorter I guess the cable may lose connection when you give it a pull. I let the bare wire poke out about 1/8" in step 3.

 

[RadioTom]

Sounds good, thank you very much.