Splicing wires without solder

In this Instructable I will teach you four ways to connect a wire without soldering. Another annoying thing about soldering is that it takes a while to heat up, solder a joint, and then, hopefully without getting burne hang the iron back on a stand or hook. If you want to save time and be able to.

This is my method to doing a t- splice ( splicing a new wire into an existing wire ) without solder. All you need are the wires you want to splice and some quality electrical tape or even better.

Just make sure that the solder -free wire joins are done safely. These are open at both ends. Some commenters on my post about using a washer as a soldering aid noticed my sloppy splicing technique and were kind enough to educate me about the so-called “Western Union splice ,” aka the “Lineman’s splice ,” which is the preferred method for twisting solid-core wire leads together for inline electrical connections.

You get a sharp ben metal fatigue, and it eventually breaks. Top quality multimeter probes are made with wire that has lots of very fine copper wires. I need to splice the wires from my stock rear brake to wires coming out of an aftermarket tail light housing.

Can I just twist the ends together and tape them up or should I solder them?

Wire splicing and soldering is a basic skill that any DIYer can master—but it all starts with a solid connection between the two wires. That’s where the Lineman splice comes in. You can use a splice connector to splice wires without having to solder them. Step Strip one inch of the insulation jacket and the inner foil shield off the end of the cables that you are going to splice together.

You want a length of shrink tubing that will overlap your splice by. Thir it introduces a large amount of stress on the wire that gets bent back, and I’ve seen splices like this snap because the strands of the wire couldn’t take the stress. This is my strategy to executing a t- splice ( splicing a new wire into an current wire ) with out solder.

Referring to a splice or connection in a given circuit, current flow would like nothing better than a low amount of resistance and lots of wire to travel on. The resistance from a weak connection or poor connection can produce a tremendous amount of centralized heat. Actually solder the wires – heat up the splice and melt the solder itself onto the connection. And finally, paste your wires and shrink the heat-shrink tubing around the connection.

Wrap the wire to be spliced around it, solder and insulate. When splicing wires together, it is important to get an electrical connection that will keep conducting even after your soldering iron has cooled off. Paramount to this is getting a good mechanical connection between the wires , not just an electrical one.

Splice and Tap Kits also eliminate wire nuts for installation and replace the conventional method for adding a splice or tap for non-metallic cable without the need for exposed and unsightly junction boxes.

I have done some soldered splices, but have basically interlocked the strands of the two wires , twisted around the axis of the wire (so that the two wires remain basically straight, as opposed to making a pigtail thing in the middle of the run), and then applied flux and solder. Once any solder wicks up into the wires you are done soldering. Mind you, the first thing in every splice job is to Mind you, the first thing in every splice job is to make a good mechanical fit. Just overlap an inch of wire from both wires about in the middle, and then begin twisting the two bare wires together in opposite directions until you reach the plastic sheathing ends.

Then solder and apply heat shrink (slide heat shrink over one wire first if both ends are closed circuit). It is the slimmest way you can do it, and the electrons pass from one wire to the next in the easiest. But why toss out functional wire when splicing lets you gain the extra feet without all the waste?

Now, there’s a way to splice speaker wires , and then there’s a better way. You could twist speaker wires together and use electrical tape. Crimping will work well, as Cougar suggeste but if you really want the splice to be waterproof and permanent, solder the wires , then put heat-shrink tubing over the. The splices contain a little silicone jelly to keep the cold splice from oxidizing so they are a bit weatherproof. Do you space out your tie-in points?

Used to make the perfect termination when connecting wires without crimping, Solder Splice Sleeve use materials ( solder , heat shrink, glue adhesive) to provide maximum pull-out strength, excellent conductivity and helps prevent corrosion. Also solder doesn't have any tensile strength when it comes to flexibility. The soldering process will cause the wires to break next to the solder joint.

Soldering wires seems to add resistance over a connection. I now work at a toyota dealer and we have snazzy little metal rings and the proper crimping tools. Inside a loco, where you are maybe using surface mount LEDs with fine wires soldered on for effects lights, either the plain circuit board or, as an option, Ulrich has a small board with resistors that can serve as a convenient solder point plus keeps the required resistors all in one compact form.