Help with connector

[boxst]

I just don't know the name of the things I want so can't search for them

The CCTV box I have has a weird RS485 socket that isn't standard (having just bought a connector) so I need to connect the bare wires I have to the black and red things in the photo below. I don't know what they are called to just buy them. Any help appreciated.

Photo below from a random internet site that shows the connector:

[57Ford]

If you mean the black and red things in your photo, they look like standard bootlace ferrules to me. There's no 'mating' half since they aren't a connector, they are more a means of terminating the end of a stripped core so the individual strands of copper are all bound together neatly to typically clamp into a choc block or a terminal. They come in different sizes and the colour of each size can vary by manufacturer.

Edited by 57Ford on Thursday 16th January 12:40

[eliot]

The black and red things are called bootlace ferules - they are there just to neaten up the ends of the wires.

RS485 is typically used to control PTZ functions of a camera - is that what you trying to do? What do the labels on the red and black say?

[Norfolk B-roads]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Preciva-CP621200-Crimper-...

(Professional crimp tools can be ££££, but that one is really good. I've got one at home and it will last a long time.)

If they're going in to screw terminals, you'll probably manage without them. If you've got loads to do, buy that kit, but if you're only doing a few, just strip the wire and twist the strands a bit, then clamp them tight in the terminals. Watch out for loose strands that can cause shorts (which is what the ferrules prevent).

[boxst]

Bootlace ferules! Thank you very very much.

It is to control a PTZ camera. The Swann DVR doesn't use a standard connector socket so I need to terminate the wires into something that I can plug in there. And now I know that would be with bootlace ferules. Thanks again.

[eliot]

the ferules are only to neaten the wires - you can tin them with solder or just twist them tightly - they are not a form of connector.

[boxst]

Thank you all again for your help

In the end I just tinned them as buying the connectors left me with 998 of them unused.