Sta-Kon D26U UNINS LRG BRZD SEAM TERM 90 DEG NO8

The D26U is sized for 8 AWG conductor. It is a one-size barrel, so it should not be used on 10 AWG or 6 AWG wire - undersized wire will not hold in the crimp and oversized wire will not seat in the barrel.

The D26U has the ring tongue bent 90 degrees to the barrel, so the wire runs parallel to the mounting surface while the lug sits flat on the stud or bus. Use it where a straight terminal would force a hard bend in 8 AWG wire right at the crimp - tight panel gutters, stud terminations close to a wall, stacked bus connections. If the wire approaches the stud head on, a straight tongue is the simpler part.

Bare copper, no insulating sleeve. That means you need to sleeve or boot the termination yourself if the application calls for it, and the exposed barrel has to be kept clear of adjacent live parts or grounded metal in the enclosure.

It is a closed ring tongue. The stud or screw has to come all the way out to install it, but once it is torqued down the connection cannot vibrate off the stud the way a fork tongue can. If you need to slide the terminal in without removing the screw, you want a fork or flanged spade instead.

The terminal body is copper, so it is intended for copper conductor. Copper-only barrels are not rated for aluminum wire - aluminum needs a lug marked AL or AL9CU with the appropriate inhibitor compound.

It is a crimp terminal with a brazed seam barrel. The brazed seam keeps the barrel from splitting open under crimp pressure, which matters at 8 AWG. Install it with a die-type crimp tool matched to the barrel size - pliers or a generic hand tool will not produce a reliable mechanical and electrical connection on heavy gauge copper.

Country of origin on the D26U terminal is the United States, which is the detail that matters on government, federal, and Buy American spec jobs where domestic-origin documentation is required for electrical components.