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Design tools for your connector application

Designing Dual Rated Wire Connectors in Aluminum (PDF)

Why Aluminum Connectors Rather than Copper? FAQ

Click for IHI's complete "UL Listed" General Use connectors UL (Class ZMVV)

Click for IHI's complete "UR Recognized" for
assembly components. UL Listed connectors. (Class ZMVV2)

Click here for information on bolting hardware & torques for Listed Lugs

Click here for standard stranded & solid wire cross reference chart

De-mystify AWG, kcmil, MCM, circular mils, "aught" sizes like 1/0, and metric wire

Click here for Wire Chart on Classes of Rigid & Flexible Wire & Stranding

Click here for IACS Conductivity of Electrical Alloys

Click here for UL486 & CSA 22.2 Approved Wire Stranding and Classes

Click here for a summary of UL486 C22.2 standards

Click here to download Excel calculator for predicting heat rise temperature based on connector dimensions and material

PCB solderable High Current Wire Lugs

CE Marking Information for Europe

Click below for IHI Connectors UL "Yellow Card" and CSA Certified listings of catalog numbers"

"UL" Listed Class ZMVV



usURc Recognized US & Canada Class ZMVV8



"CSA" certified Canada class 6223 .02



"c CSA us" certified Canada & USA Class 6223.82