Sourcing note
LinkScope Sourcing 43 is an independent sourcing partner. We help business buyers request factory quotations for connectors and terminals.
The extra support is up to 3% and is reviewed with the quotation scope. It is not a fixed price cut.
Eligibility applies to qualified business buyers and is confirmed after we review your product, quantity, destination, and sourcing requirements.
We help a business buyer describe a connector, send that description to factories, and read the replies side by side. We do not own the mold, we do not stock the lug, and we do not speak as the factory. If a page on the wider web claims a saved percentage, that claim is not ours.
Two buyer checks we repeat in conversation: copper 6 AWG is about 13.3 mm2, and a caliper on the stud (often near 6 mm or 8 mm, never assumed) beats a catalog photo. A 5/16 inch stud is 7.94 mm. Those figures are sanity checks against a datasheet. They are not a test we ran on a named lot. Limits we state up front: no file upload, no published reply hour, and no audit badge for a plant that has not put that evidence in its own reply.
A readable desk note separates a 6 AWG shelter lug on an 8 mm stud from a 6 mm service-cart flag, then asks each factory for the connector mating cycle method and the ingress protection code on that model. Measurement accuracy and calibration traceability stay with the meter that checked resistance. New terminals and refurbished terminals can both be quoted. They stay in different columns because remaining plating and warranty text are part of the scope, not a footnote after the price.
Gauge, termination, stud or barrel, quantity, destination and the week you want shipment. Open items stay marked open. A target budget can name a currency and say whether it is per piece or for the whole order. You can leave it blank.
We look for factories that will quote the line you wrote. Each reply should name the manufacturer, the model and the configuration. A family name is not a model. We do not tell you a plant has passed an audit unless that file is in the reply and is about that model.
Line up inclusions, plating, evidence, Incoterm and lead time before you look at the number. Premium, mid-range, budget or undecided is your preference about finish and service. It is not a grade we have scored, and you do not need a live offer to start.
Incoming checks, torque on a stud and the decision to install remain yours or your installer. We can remind you which document was requested. We do not sign the installation.
No. A factory that replies is a respondent to your brief. Approval, if you use that word internally, is your decision after you read the evidence.
We do not publish a fixed number of hours. The note moves when the specification, quantity, destination and timing are clear enough for a factory to answer without guessing.
The form on this website has no upload field. After the text brief arrives we tell you how to send a drawing. Until then, describe the interface in words.
Use the form to send the connector line. If you already browsed names, mention the one that is closest and the dimension that still differs.