Skibane wrote:
I bought an assortment of shrink butt splices, just to see how well they work - Never could get a really solid connection out of them, no matter how much heat I applied.
Skibane,
Don't feel bad, I got called to an owner's boat by a friend of his. Instructions were,"Look at everything he did and fix it. I will cover your cost." I had done some work for this owner, but he thought my bill was too high. He had just done a bunch of installation of new electronics and it was all flaky and intermittent. He had seen me use the heat shrink terminals and connectors but had missed that I crimped then before shrinking. I guess he didn't notice the tooth mark in the connections. They problem ones were easy to find, all I had to do was pull on the wire.
It took me all afternoon to get it right. Said friend assured me that I got it right and told the owner what had happened.
Matt
