[Tanx] electrical repair part

[Adam N.]

These are excellent. Never a problem, always works even in horrible
applications for 2 stroke woods bikes.

On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 12:20 PM Karl via Tanx <tanx at lists.micapeak.com>
wrote:

> 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.
> Heat gun greatly increases likelihood of good results.
> 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 :)
> Love your new big bike.  Stop by when you finally decide you have to buy
> it.
>
> Karl in San Jose
>
>
> On Thursday, March 18, 2021, 06:55:12 PM PDT, J. Braun via Tanx <
> tanx at lists.micapeak.com> wrote:
>
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> https://solderseal.com/products/solderseal
>
> J.
>
>
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