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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Yes I buy solder ringed shrink tubes with "flow" by the hundreds for marine application. They are superb until they overheat especially with direct 1500 degree flame to convince the solder to melt, and the shrink tube splits. No big deal just do another one.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Heat gun greatly increases likelihood of good results.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">The flow stuff coating the inside the shrink tube makes the waterproof seal and adds torsional stiffness. I have some connections that survived abuse in the back of my little ocean boat well over 20 years old. The wires degraded in the elements before the connectors have. Reminds me I have some wiring to repair before salmon starts in a couple of weeks :)</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Love your new big bike. Stop by when you finally decide you have to buy it.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Karl in San Jose</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div><br></div>
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On Thursday, March 18, 2021, 06:55:12 PM PDT, J. Braun via Tanx <tanx@lists.micapeak.com> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydp78e7440yiv9393149232"><div dir="ltr"><div class="ydp78e7440yiv9393149232gmail_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><div class="ydp78e7440yiv9393149232gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma, sans-serif;"><br></div><div class="ydp78e7440yiv9393149232gmail_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><div class="ydp78e7440yiv9393149232gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma, sans-serif;"><br></div><div class="ydp78e7440yiv9393149232gmail_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><div class="ydp78e7440yiv9393149232gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma, sans-serif;"><br></div><div class="ydp78e7440yiv9393149232gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma, sans-serif;"><a href="https://solderseal.com/products/solderseal" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://solderseal.com/products/solderseal</a><br></div><div class="ydp78e7440yiv9393149232gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma, sans-serif;"><br></div><div class="ydp78e7440yiv9393149232gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma, sans-serif;">J.</div><div class="ydp78e7440yiv9393149232gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma, sans-serif;"><br></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="ydp78e7440yiv9393149232gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin-bottom:0in;"><font face="Roboto, arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16px;">There's two theories to arguing with a woman,<br>Neither one works.</span></font></p></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Read my blog - <a href="http://mondaymotomadness.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mondaymotomadness.blogspot.com</a><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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