splicing wires.?

[Reebs]

One too many "http://"'s Pops, that was the trouble

[Poppy]

Originally Posted by Reebs

One too many "http://"'s Pops, that was the trouble

Hiya Paul..... Yes realised that you have to delete the one already there before you enter it..... God know's what i must have been thinking of as i have pasted enough links in the past... ... Sorted it now anyway and i have just answered another thread and pasted a how to by Tcut about fitting a new shannon tube...... And it worked.... lol. Poppy

[HarryM1BYT]

Originally Posted by Poppy

Hiya. Sorry for the daft question.... But I am trying to follow the link below,,,,Stuck on the splicing bit...... Do I need any special connectors.? Thanks, Poppy
https://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=87422

PLEASE GO TO POST 9 FROM WILLY.....

The wiring part is a bit confused. Basically you have coming from the LEDs one positive (orange?) and one ground wire (black?). Apply 12v across the two leads the with the correct polarity and they will light up. In the door the Red/white is the positive and the black the negative and the LED just needs to be connected across those.

It looks as if Starman has simply used female spade sockets on the two wires in the loom. What is not shown in the photos, is that I guess he must have crimped spade male plugs onto the LED wire ends - making them easy to disconnect should the need arise. The spades are not essential, but you must ensure the LED's are designed to be run from a 12v auto supply.

[Poppy]

Originally Posted by HarryM1BYT

The wiring part is a bit confused. Basically you have coming from the LEDs one positive (orange?) and one ground wire (black?). Apply 12v across the two leads the with the correct polarity and they will light up. In the door the Red/white is the positive and the black the negative and the LED just needs to be connected across those.

It looks as if Starman has simply used female spade sockets on the two wires in the loom. What is not shown in the photos, is that I guess he must have crimped spade male plugs onto the LED wire ends - making them easy to disconnect should the need arise. The spades are not essential, but you must ensure the LED's are designed to be run from a 12v auto supply.

Hiya Harry. Think I have got the gist of it now.... I shall get some male and female spade connectors and follow what you have said. I have also had a pm from Willy saying much the same thing so with thanks to both of you, I should have them working fairly soon.... Poppy

[Starman]

Harry, Willy my heroes cheers guys I didn't make that very clear did I.
Please excuse me I'm a virgin at this how to thing

I cut the wires, removed a bit of the sheath and twisted them together (same colour wire )to maintain the circuit, the female spade connectors sipped on and then I crimped them tight. The reason they are both female is incase the LEDs were ever taken off, the spades wouldn't short or be put together.
Also if you ake the door card off you can unplug rather than remove the LEDs.
Hope that makes sense.

Apologies Poppy for not being very clear on that.
I'm glad your giving it a go

My best. Steve.

[Poppy]

Originally Posted by Starman

Harry, Willy my heroes cheers guys I didn't make that very clear did I.
Please excuse me I'm a virgin at this how to thing

I cut the wires, removed a bit of the sheath and twisted them together to maintain the circuit, and the female spade connectors fitted on and then crimped them. The reason they are both female is incase the LEDs were ever taken off, the spades wouldn't short or be put together.
Also if you ake the door card off you can unplug rather than remove the LEDs.
Hope that makes sense.

Apologies Poppy for not being very clear on that.
I'm glad your giving it a go

My best. Steve.

Hiya Steve, Yessssssssss I am.... I have my holes drilled and the lights fitted... Toying with the idea of putting two in each door.... How much of the plastic top do i take off... Your pics look like you have taken off most.... I have just flattened the head...

[Starman]

Hi Poppy. I took mine back about half way, which I did by trial and error over a few nights to see the effect.
Essentially so long as you don't expose the actual wokings you are ok.
I think mine are about 1~1.5mm over the gubbings inside..

If you feel you have taken enough oFf then I'd say stop there and see. You can always whip it out and take a shade more off if you fancy.

Regards. Steve.

[Poppy]

Originally Posted by Starman

Hi Poppy. I took mine back about half way, which I did by trial and error over a few nights to see the effect.
Essentially so long as you don't expose the actual wokings you are ok.
I think mine are about 1~1.5mm over the gubbings inside..

If you feel you have taken enough oFf then I'd say stop there and see. You can always whip it out and take a shade more off if you fancy.

Regards. Steve.

Right, I will just experiment then... For 4 quid... Why not.... I have actually trimmed the coating off the drivers door and connected one bulb... Of course, i never intended to leave it like that... Just made sure i had the right wires... Well, it works... Just waiting for it to go dark now....

[Poppy]

Steve, so sorry to be a pain in the a*** But i am not too sure about these connectors, crimping them i mean... Could i not just use these..
http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/m/mt9O...XzPoZg/140.jpg

[mark d3]

Originally Posted by Poppy

Steve, so sorry to be a pain in the a*** But i am not too sure about these connectors, crimping them i mean... Could i not just use these..
http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/m/mt9O...XzPoZg/140.jpg

you could but wires often come out/loose with strip connectors better off using crimps with a crimping tool or scotch locks