great info...

 

I used to be snob about soldering. The rigid Ness concerned me, which I have been reading in threads.

The entire bike is crimped.

Boat splices is interesting.

 

With the marine splices are they still being crimped? I see some where yiu heat up connector no crimping.

Is regular heat gun enough?

 

Good learning experience in this thread. This link may also be useful in explaining proper crimp equipment etc.: http://avionikits.com/howto/Crimp.pdf

As much as an electrical failure on a motorcycle is a PITA, I can speak from experience that it super sucks when you are piloting an aircraft.

 

I ordered these. Marine forum mentioned them. Looks like you just put a heat gun on it, joins and heat shrinks all one. I have not doubt this upset people.

 

Hi Zerk I think you still need to crimp those but with the right tool those should work very well.

 

I use these; https://smile.amazon.com/Connectors-...ef_=ast_bbp_dp and haven't had a failure yet.

Ray

 

Old thread I know. I too used to think soldering was the ultimate correct way to splice.
But I quit soldering in any vehicle about 20 years ago. I was having a lot of trouble with splices failing in the dash on audio installation. The wires were breaking where the solder joi t started. After some checking around I found a lot of installers were using crimp connectors. I was finally fully convinced when one of them told me to really look at vehicle wiring. Every wiring connection is crimped from the factory. If its a connector, the wires on both sides are crimped. No soldering since then.

 

I was trying to figure that out. But what I been reading on some forums, I think the solder heats up and flows. Unless I bought the wrong one, there is no crimping.


As for people that don't like crimps, pretty much everything on the bike is crimped, other than the electronic stuff. All the pins are crimped.

I think solder in a connection like this, there wouldn't be movement to disturb the solder. Also just like people not crimping right, people not soldering right.


One video I watched the guy twisted the wires together an then slid the connector over. Supposed to use a real heat gun, but I have saw lighter used, and read it on a forum. I have a heat gun. Hopefully good enough.

These things look slicker than ****.

 

https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catal...All%20Products

I don't know if the link will work. If not google raychem solder ferrule. I work in the electronic repair industry for navy radar and we use this OEM approved splice in all of our wire splice repairs and I highly recommend these. They are available in different sizes for appropriate wire size use. Using a heat gun when heated the wires are soldered together and sealed from moisture at one time. I've recently seen these advertised on TV for automotive wiring so they may be available at some auto parts stores now. Properly heated I've never seen one fail in 30 plus years. I don't recommend using a lighter. I would use a hair dryer before I used a lighter.