Stick got in my truck

[Knocker of rocks]

Don’t use butt connectors. That’s amateur hour stuff.

If Sta-Kons are amateurish, what are wire nuts and Scotchlocs?

[jackelope]

Don’t use butt connectors. That’s amateur hour stuff.

If Sta-Kons are amateurish, what are wire nuts and Scotchlocs?

Wire nuts are for residential wiring in your house. Skotch locks should go the way of the wooly mammoth.

[Knocker of rocks]

Don’t use butt connectors. That’s amateur hour stuff.

If Sta-Kons are amateurish, what are wire nuts and Scotchlocs?

Wire nuts are for residential wiring in your house. Skotch locks should go the way of the wooly mammoth.

What a party pooper

[Stein]

Don’t use butt connectors. That’s amateur hour stuff.

If Sta-Kons are amateurish, what are wire nuts and Scotchlocs?

Wire nuts are for residential wiring in your house. Skotch locks should go the way of the wooly mammoth.

How would U-Haul install trailer lights or brake controllers then?

[jackelope]

Don’t use butt connectors. That’s amateur hour stuff.

If Sta-Kons are amateurish, what are wire nuts and Scotchlocs?

Wire nuts are for residential wiring in your house. Skotch locks should go the way of the wooly mammoth.

How would U-Haul install trailer lights or brake controllers then?

Our lives would be easier if they just wouldn’t.

[jackelope]

[Ridgeratt]

Those are low voltage connections. I am not sure if they are not better than the ones that you squash and they supposedly just knick the insulation.

[SuperX]

I used split shots in my boat to connect the hair thickness Chart Plotter wires to the equally thin VHF radio wires and it worked great!  How should you properly connect hair-thin wires like that?

[Stein]

I used split shots in my boat to connect the hair thickness Chart Plotter wires to the equally thin VHF radio wires and it worked great!  How should you properly connect hair-thin wires like that?

I used these when I installed a stereo, it had tiny wires and these ended up working very well.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07L8K9KMM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[SuperX]

I used split shots in my boat to connect the hair thickness Chart Plotter wires to the equally thin VHF radio wires and it worked great!  How should you properly connect hair-thin wires like that?

I used these when I installed a stereo, it had tiny wires and these ended up working very well.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07L8K9KMM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Thanks!  I'll try those if the split shots ever fail!

[KFhunter]

Yup, those work great.

All the loggers and truck drivers use heat shrink butt connectors because road salt spray erodes anything else very quickly.

Trick is to not crimp a hole in the heat tube sleeve.

[Stein]

Exactly.  I use Ancor connectors when I'm feeling wealthy, they are the best I have used.  I bought a nice ratcheting crimp tool and it does a great job not poking a hole in the insulation.  In my boat I will sometimes do a good heat shrink tube over the whole thing if it's critical and in a hard to get to area.

The small ones I linked above are super easy to use, just heat them and they shrink and the low temp solder melts and secures the wires together.

[jackelope]

I dunno. My guys don’t use any crimps at all ever, and curse them whenever we run into them. I can tell you they’ve been attributed to problems in the past with corrosion, loose crimps, etc.

[BULLBLASTER]

I dunno. My guys don’t use any crimps at all ever, and curse them whenever we run into them. I can tell you they’ve been attributed to problems in the past with corrosion, loose crimps, etc.

  Solder and shrink tube.

[Westside88]

I dunno. My guys don’t use any crimps at all ever, and curse them whenever we run into them. I can tell you they’ve been attributed to problems in the past with corrosion, loose crimps, etc.

  Solder and shrink tube.

I agree with this 100% for a solid connection that will last. I also like to stagger two layers of shrink tube, with the second being slightly longer. It’s worth it to seek out the high quality stuff as well