Best wire connectors for automotive
For automotive electrical connectors, these are the top sellers for 2022, Q1
% of Total Online Purchases
We sell a TON of electrical connectors, pigtails, and plugs. Just online shopping alone accounts for thousands of connectors provided to the automotive industry every month.
So although the following percentages seem low, they account for a very large sum.
The top two automotive connectors have only a .1 margin between first and second place for most sold.
Below you'll find the most common fitments and functions for our #1 and #2 top-selling (best) connectors for Q1, 2022.
Although the percentages may seem small, 2.73% and 2.72%, respectfully, these two wiring connectors amount to thousands sold for the first 3 months of 2022.
After these two, 3rd place drops to 1.58% (even though that is still a huge quantity sold).
#1, Z27C2
Z27C2 is a 2-pin electrical connector.
Below are the top OEM fitments and functions:
- Toyota
- Honda
- Subaru
- Fog Lamp
- Headlight Low Beam
#2, D81B3
D81B3 is a 3-pin electrical connector.
Below are the top OEM fitments and functions:
- Hyundai
- Kia
- Genesis
- Front Turn Signal
- Daytime Running Lamp
- Fog Lamp
#3L43A2
#4Y210B3
#5L42B2
#6R62C8
WHAT IS A PIGTAIL, CONNECTOR?
Automotive connectors can be called many things like pigtail, plug, terminal housing and of course, connector. Think of these as the legos that "connect" key components of a vehicle into the complex wiring system knows as an automotive wiring or wire harness.
For example: Your vehicle contains a large wiring system (a few actually) throughout the entire body, underneath your hood, seats, lights and safety features. The connectors are the end pieces that you connector to these wiring harnesses to a specific function of a vehicle, like a fog lamp.
Essentially the automotive electrical connector "connects" the wires into the actual fog lamp, the main function.
This happens with all electrical components of a vehicle: headlights, side markers, keyless entry, ambient temperature and much, much more.
There are many other key components to a connector that makes it work like the terminals or pins, seals, housing, "catches" and important tools to use.
We'll cover this much more extensively in another post.
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The Rest of the Pigtail
Check out this image to the right. It lists these pigtail mentioned above plus a few more. Feel free to download this image for yourself. pigtails
