<div dir="ltr">Looks like a valuable addition to a traveling kit. If you have a high-heat wiring area to fix, you probably have a bigger problem than can be fixed on the side of the road. <div>I'll be getting one to wire in my aux lighting. Good practice and easier and less toxic fumes compared to a soldering iron. </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 7:02 PM Bill Johnston via Tanx <<a href="mailto:tanx@lists.micapeak.com">tanx@lists.micapeak.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Thanks for the posting. I have seen the connectors advertised
quite a bit and found it intriguing. This is the first time I
have seen a comment from anyone using them. It sounds like a good
thing to have around the shop. Most crimp connectors have opaque
heat shrink. Solderseal lets you do a visual on the completed
connection.</p>
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<div class="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="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="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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