An IEC with grip

Thank you all for the suggestions, I have some things to try.

It really does come down to surface area and clamping force. It seems that a couple of pieces of spring steel would solve a lot of problems.

Thanks for coming out of your shell to post @yada , I will put them on the list to try.  

@williewonka Thanks, I will give those a try.

@ctromeo87 I am trying out the Iego's, and they do have a great grip and are well constructed, thanks for the advice. They are a tight squeeze for larger cords, 10 awg, so I may give something else a try for the larger ones. Great for source cords though.

@ctromeo87 thanks. Do you solder or crimp?

@williewonka thanks for the spade tip, I have struggled with jamming 10 AWG wire into clamps. Now I need to obsess over the “right” spade to use. 😀 I also ordered some Sonarquest plugs. Too bad they don’t have a US source, it will be a long wait.

@ctromeo87 I did have to remove the grommet, even for the source cord. 

@williewonka that is very useful, thanks. I ordered the gold Furutech spades, any recommendations for a solder to use?

@ctromeo87 @williewonka Any recommendations for crimping tools for the fp209? It sounds like they are pretty tough to crimp. 

@hbarrel  Thanks for posting. I looked at these, but the reviews seemed a bit mixed, and I was not sure of the grip strength. If the Sonarquest don’t do the trick, I will give them a try.