Miami Son
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- Joined
- Apr 10, 2012
- Posts
- 240
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- Location
- Port St. Lucie, FL
- Ram Year
- 2012 Ram 1500 Sport Crew Cab
- Engine
- 5.7L Hemi
So when you use the butt splice crimp connectors to tap into a wire, do you cut it and insert the wire into both ends and then put the wire your adding into one of the ends as well? Ive never used these connectors, just soldered or those quick splice ones
Yes, that's how I do it. And if they are outside or exposed to the elements in any way I will cover the butt splice with shrink sleeve to protect it. Inside the cab the butt splice is fine uncovered, but I prefer to solder whenever possible.
In aircraft usage we have these great mil-spec butt splices that have their own shrink sleeve material that also makes the finished splice watertight. I have a bunch of them from my Gulfstream days and use them on important projects.
For those who don't know what mil-spec is, it is an abbreviation of military specification and refers to a level of certification required to meet military subcontractor specs of components, tools and processes. In industries like aviation many items are required to meet mil-spec qualifications to assure that they will operate and perform at a higher level than standard. Most automotive electrical components would not pass mil-spec certification.
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