7 pin cable
Due to a bit of age/corrosion, I have decided to replace the 7 pin plug/cable on the trailer. As I usually do when I am about to tackle something I haven't previously dealt with, I searched the net...
Forum Discussion
Dusty R wrote:
I would use crimp butt splicers and Heat Shrink insulation tubbing.
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Rookie mistake.
Crimps work best with proper quality crimping tool, very few people have the proper crimping tool and substitute pliers and crush the connection making a very poor and unreliable connection.
Additionally, standard heatshrink tubing is not weather proof or water tight and moisture will destroy the connections hidden inside the tubing.
Not to mention the average backyard electrician won't have a good heat gun and will use matches or a lighter to shrink the tubing making a mess of the job..
For heatshrink tubing to work in the outdoors you must get adheasive lined tubing, it has a heat activated glue that surrounds and seals around the wire insulation making a good water and weather tight seal..
But, a good electrician will try to avoid allowing connections to be exposed to weather which means taking the connections back to the original connection box which is protected from the weather.
Inside that box, the connections are made with wire nuts, no need to reinvent the wheel. Just use the existing wire nuts inside that box and all will be fine.
