What the hell are those white plastic rings called?

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What the hell are those white plastic rings called?

First I need to know what the hell these damn things are called...
I'm looking for around 10 to 15 of the larger white plastic rings that are usually found in most of your newer Midway/Williams based games, like NBA Jam and Smash TV.
What they are, are the white plastic circular clips that hold the inside wiring of your video game. Some of the older based arcade games had black plastic clips that you bleed the wiring through, but the ones I'm looking for are the white ones.
They came in three sizes, a very small one that you could only place a small amount of wiring, a larger one, and an even larger one that you could fit the larger part of the wiring from the entire wiring harness through.
Please take a look at the picture and if anyone has these please let me know.
Thanks
 

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I actually need to stop by your house and take a look through your box o wiring for some more connectors.
You free on Friday in the morning?
 
GB Electrical products carries these brand new in all 3 sizes. Look in the electrical section of your favorite Home Improvement store.
 
Ya. I checked out 2 or 3 to be honest, and the ones there are really flimsy and not really made well.
These are a lot thicker and hold better than the ones from the local hardware stores.
Thanks for the info though.
 
Ya. I checked out 2 or 3 to be honest, and the ones there are really flimsy and not really made well.
These are a lot thicker and hold better than the ones from the local hardware stores.
Thanks for the info though.

I am not sure what you are talking about. I have all three sizes from Gardner Bender and they are nearly identical to the originals. They are referred to as '1 hole, plastic clamps'.

https://www.hardwareworld.com/Plastic-Clamp-12-inch-pPFKLDG.aspx
 
They are called cable clamps. Check in the electrical section of a decent hardware store.

TIP: It is difficult to find the old style ones that have the top free (so you can just slide the wires in and out without unscrewing the whold thing), but you can take one of the new style ones and clip the top piee with the screw hole off with a pair of side cutters and voila! yuo have an old style clamp that allows you to slide the wires in and out.

ken
 
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