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I bought some of those connectors from Wurth 15+ years ago so they've been around awhile. They worked fine for regular bike repairs. Obviously they wouldn't work well in a high heat environment if you can melt the solder with a match.</div>
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<div class="x_gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">I found the SolderSeal wire connectors on the web and decided to give them a try. It looks like a standard butt connector but you don't crimp it. It has a ring of solder inside a transparent
case. The casing is heat shrink. After baring the ends of the wires you slip them in so that they are both within the ring of solder and next to each other. Then you apply heat.</div>
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<div class="x_gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">I had a crimp connector separate and needed to reconnect the ends. I figured this was a great chance to give it a try. The package I bought had 100 connectors in various sizes. I found the correct
size, stuck the wires in, and hit it with a heat gun. It took a minute but the casing did the heat shrink thing and then the solder melted to make a better connection than any crimp connector.</div>
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<div class="x_gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">They claim that the connection is waterproof because of the heat shrink tubing which I don't doubt. They also show a picture of using a match for heat. That might be doable if you have 20 matches
but it looks like a disposable lighter would be perfect. The kit is about the size of a Snickers bar and I'm definitely putting one into each of my tank bags. It's a much better option than twisting wires with some black tape and hoping they'll hold together.</div>
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