splicing wires.?

[Poppy]

Originally Posted by mark d3

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

Okay then.... But i don't have a crimping tool.. lol. I shall just have to persevere and see how I go... Thanks anyway Steve.. Poppy.

[mark d3]

what about scotch locks? halfords/most factors/the range carry these they look like this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/10x-Blue-Splic..._ET&hash=item2

[Poppy]

Originally Posted by GadgetBoy

<set rant mode = on>

Argh! He said ScotchLoc! Evil, nasty, horrible things!

Shouldn't be seen anywhere near a car.

ScotchLoc = Bodge!

<set rant mode = off>

Crimpers it is then.....

[mark d3]

Originally Posted by GadgetBoy

<set rant mode = on>

Argh! He said ScotchLoc! Evil, nasty, horrible things!

Shouldn't be seen anywhere near a car.

ScotchLoc = Bodge!

<set rant mode = off>

only if you cant use them,if done right they work fine

[mark d3]

you need on of these then http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/crimps-crimpin...5b49c754#ht_22
if you dont want to buy one can you borrow one? cheaper version but useless IMHO http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Crimping-Tool-...upplies_ET&has

[Poppy]

Originally Posted by GadgetBoy

Don't start me on ScotchLocs

Damn ...... I'm started.

For a start there's the method of making electrical contact. Imagine you've got a sore finger and you decide to strap it do the adjacent finger for support. Except you've no tape so you decide to join the fingers by stabbing them with a fork. Go ahead, I don't mind, join the wires by exposing them to air/damp/etc.

Then there's the mechanical problems. If there's any vibration at all the ScotchLoc starts to nibble its evil way through the conductor.

Galvanic corrosion. Your wires - mostly copper. ScotchLoc - aluminium. Corrosion will happen and the ScotchLoc will fail.

Shall I continue?

Hiya.... So... They are no good then..

[mark d3]

Originally Posted by GadgetBoy

Don't start me on ScotchLocs

Damn ...... I'm started.

For a start there's the method of making electrical contact. Imagine you've got a sore finger and you decide to strap it do the adjacent finger for support. Except you've no tape so you decide to join the fingers by stabbing them with a fork. Go ahead, I don't mind, join the wires by exposing them to air/damp/etc.

Then there's the mechanical problems. If there's any vibration at all the ScotchLoc starts to nibble its evil way through the conductor.

Galvanic corrosion. Your wires - mostly copper. ScotchLoc - aluminium. Corrosion will happen and the ScotchLoc will fail.

Shall I continue?

and crimps are made of???????? please elaborate?

[Poppy]

Originally Posted by mark d3

you need on of these then http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/crimps-crimpin...5b49c754#ht_22
if you dont want to buy one can you borrow one? cheaper version but useless IMHO http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Crimping-Tool-...upplies_ET&has

Hiya Mark. No doubt one of my brothers friends will have one so i will borrow that.... Thanks for the links.... Poppy.

[jontyp]

Add to all of that the fact that the horror Scotchloc only works by cutting through some of the strands of the wire, thereby reducing it's current carrying capacity. They are hideous and should be outlawed.

[mark d3]

crimps aluminium ,wires copper neither should be in a damp environment anyway,sorry poppy i have now totally forgotten what your threads about scotch locks will work if assembled correctly the aluminium v copper v electrolytic corrosion wont matter in the least,they are not likely to get wet end of argument but crimping is a far better way of doing things i was just looking at ways around your problem of not owning a crimping tool