Connecting wires together

This video shows you the process, in detail, for connecting electrical wires together ! I tried to connect a switch board from the main switch, but after connecting the first terminal, I found all the four terminals of both wires got power supply. How did the current pass under the adjacent? To twist two wires together , you first need to strip the insulation off the wires.

Next, hold the wires side by side and twist them together with your thumb and forefinger.

The resulting connection should be fairly strong and hold together when a small tug is applied. Now that you have learned these skills you are ready to learn four ways to connect a wire without soldering. Ever accidently cut an electrical wire in two or had a lead not long enough to reach the plug. Connecting electrical wires is not. Being your own electrician is only a trip to the hardware store away.

One of the simplest home repairs a person can make is to connect two wires. With a simple set of tools, you can repair any simple wiring problem around the house that needs a connection. Because it is conical, it presses the wires tighter together the more it is threaded on.

Conduction between the wires occurs through the metal insert, and directly from wire to wire as well. Wires that are bent, twisted or nicked are weaker and won’t nest together as easily in the connector. Before you reconnect wires to an outlet or switch, or rejoin several wires with a connector, cut off the old bare wire ends and strip the insulation to expose clean, straight wire. It takes a few extra seconds but ensures a better connection. I twist them together , solder the wires , put a heat shrink tubing aroun and then use the soldering iron to shrink the heat shrink tubing - permanently putting a plastic lining snug around the soldered wires.

Of course this requires a soldering iron. If you struggle with joining wires — such as track feeders to bus wiring — this is for you. Historically if you want to join one wire in the middle of another.

In each set of wires , one is positive and the other is ground or negative. One of these wires should be marke usually with a continuous white line along the insulation surface. Sometimes the metal in each strand is a different color, usually one copper-colored.

This marked wire is the positive wire. We also discuss the use of electrical splices or wiring connectors outside of electrical boxes. I think you are wrong, based on the picture.

This could be a boiler power supply? Below is an example of braiding four hook-up wires together for a non-addressable LED.

To braid your wires , twist a pair of wires in a counterclockwise pattern between your index finger and thumb using both hands. In this case, the green and red wires were twisted first. Stranded wire is composed of a number of small wires bundled or wrapped together to form a larger conductor. Some disadvantages are that connecting wires is more difficult than simply plugging in a cable and the terminals are generally not very well protected from contact with persons or foreign conducting materials. The quick splice wire connectors set can be widely used in the wire connection.

Use with the male quick disconnect for easy safe splicing into wires. Most all stereo receivers, amplifiers, and standard speakers (i.e., ones that are able to receive signals through speaker wire connections) feature terminals on the back for connecting speaker wires. These terminals are either the spring clip or binding post type.