Thomas & Betts NW14-8 Ring Terminal

The NW14-8 is sized for 16-14 AWG wire, solid, round, or stranded. It's a nichrome-wire terminal, so the usual application is heating element leads in toasters, heaters, and similar appliances rather than general building wiring.

Yes, #8 is exactly what the NW14-8 ring is punched for. The ring tongue measures 0.51 inches across (M) with stock 0.4 thick, so check that your terminal block or element post has clearance for a tongue that width before you crimp.

1200 degrees F is the rating on the NW series terminal. That is why it is built non-insulated from nickel alloy: there is no plastic or nylon sleeve to melt off at element temperatures. Standard vinyl or nylon insulated ring terminals will not survive in that position.

Not where the joint runs hot. The NW14-8 is nickel alloy rated to 1200 degrees F for permanent terminations on nichrome element wire. A standard copper barrel terminal is not built for that service temperature, and an insulated one has a sleeve that will not last. If the termination is on cool supply-side wiring, an ordinary insulated ring is fine; if it lands on the element, use the NW.

The WT1377 is the tool called out for the NW14-8. Non-insulated high-temperature barrels need the matching die to get a gas-tight crimp, so a generic insulated-terminal plier with color-coded nests is the wrong tool here.

They're sold each, but ordered in multiples of 100. The inner pack is 100 pieces and the outer carton holds 500, so a small repair job still means a hundred terminals on the shelf. Plan the count for the fleet, not the one appliance.

600V is the voltage rating on the NW14-8, which covers typical commercial appliance and equipment branch circuits. Bear in mind the barrel and ring are bare metal, non-insulated, so the termination needs to be inside an enclosure or otherwise guarded from contact.

Yes, the NW14-8 is RoHS compliant. That matters for institutional and government procurement specs that require it on electrical components going into equipment repairs.

Overall the terminal runs 0.66 (A) with a 0.31 (B) barrel and 0.28 (C), and the ring tongue is 0.51 across (M), all in inches. If you're stacking terminations on adjacent element posts, those are the numbers to lay against your spacing.

Plain metallic, with no color coding. Insulated ring terminals use a red/blue/yellow sleeve to signal gauge; the NW series has no sleeve at all, so identify these by the stamped part number and by keeping the 16-14 AWG, #8 stud size straight in your bins.