Highland Terminals
™
LF10-6 thru LF18-8
Locking Fork, Non-Insulated, Butted Seam
E
C
W
L
Data Sheet
Product
Number
Wire
Range
(AWG)
Stud
Size
Max
Lock
Width
W
C
L
E
Thickness
Barrel
Length
Barrel
I.D.
LF10-6
LF10-8
LF10-10
LF10-14
LF14-6
LF14-8
LF14-10
LF18-4
LF18-6
LF18-8
12-10
12-10
12-10
12-10
16-14
16-14
16-14
22-18
22-18
22-18
6
8
10
¹⁄₄
6
8
10
4
6
8
0.30
0.35
0.36
0.48
0.27
0.34
0.35
0.27
0.27
0.34
0.28
0.32
0.32
0.43
0.25
0.30
0.32
0.25
0.25
0.30
0.28
0.28
0.28
0.44
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.73
0.73
0.73
0.94
0.68
0.68
0.68
0.68
0.68
0.68
0.53
0.53
0.53
0.69
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.040
0.040
0.040
0.040
0.030
0.030
0.030
0.030
0.030
0.030
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.135
0.135
0.135
0.135
0.090
0.090
0.090
0.070
0.070
0.070
Installation Information
WARNING
UNDERWRITERS
LABORATORIES
STANDARD NO.
UL 486A
3M FILE NO. E23438
CANADIAN STANDARDS
ASSOCIATION
STANDARD NO. C22.2
NO. 0. 65
3M FILE NO. LR22190
Turn power off before installing or removing terminal. All electrical
work should be done according to appropriate electrical codes.
UL Listed and CSA Certified for use on stranded copper
(AWG) wire only.
Strip away the end 3/8 inch of wire insulation.
Make the crimp in the proper station of a recommended
3M crimp tool: TH-440, TH-450 (scissor style), or
TR-490 (ratchet style) hand tools.
Specifications
Wire Size:
Barrel Seam:
Max. Current:
Terminal Material:
Plating:
See Table Above
Butted
Same as Wire
ETP Copper
Tin
Barrel Crimp (Required)
Engineering Specification
Crimp-type terminals shall, electrically and mechnical-
ly, connect to a pre-stripped end of a stranded copper
wire: and have a flat tongue portion with a central
opening for mounting around a screw or stud.
The terminal line shall offer tongue variations in hole
(stud) size (6, 8 10, etc.) and configuration (ring, fork,
block fork, flanged block fork, locking fork, etc.): and
barrel variations in wire (AWG) size (22-18, 16-14, 12-
10, etc.) and construction (non-insulated brazed seam,
vinyl insulated butted seam, nylon insulated with insu-
lation grip, etc.). The terminal line shall have regulato-
ry agency coverage (UL Listing, CSA Certification).
The terminal tongue shall be marked with the wire
range and manufacturer’s symbol ( ).
The non-insulated, butted seam locking fork terminal
shall be tin-plated, annealed copper, with the tongue
having a specified stud slot (size 4 thru 1/4 in.) and a
butted seam barrel with a beveled I.D. for ease of
stranded wire entry, sized for a specified (AWG) wire
range (22-18, 16-14,
12-10).
Non-insulated terminals shall be UL Listed and CSA
Certified.
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