splicing wires 1

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[TheBzme]

never hook the wire so that the conductor is over the insulation, this causes massive heat and high possibility of fire, make the hook smaller or splicing area larger

[helichair]

@TheBzme Bending the hook back to where it is adjacent to the insulation won't hurt anything. But, having plenty of stripped wire lets you bend the hooks back onto themselves, making the loops compact and less likely to have points that will protrude through the heat shrink.

[wisetrashmanable]

If flux isn't available to you then this method will work just fine. Flux impregnated solder doesn't do the job of actually applying flux so if that's what you're using then do it like this.

[wisetrashmanable]

the copper or aluminum strands are a better conductor than the solder itself so an ideal splice begins with mechanically joining the wires, not saturating them with the solder first. I like the hook method you demonstrated in this video but if you cross the wires in an "X" shape and twist them together this creates a stronger mechanical bond and makes the soldering easier when you don't have the luxury of a third hand. saturate w/ FLUX, contact iron to joint and feed solder into the joint.

[ElectricalRevolution]

@rrrwasp Splicing with solder only works with Stranded conductors, in order to get a proper bond between the spliced conductors. If you try to use solid conductor, you'll have to use a mechanical splice example=Marette, lug/lug nut, etc...

[rrrwasp]

what kind of wires is this effective for? I've been wondering for a while now what kinds of wires I can splice/make longer by splicing...

[whitestwidow]

good thing I don't have ne of those tools..lol

[Bwadleigh]

that's some beautiful soldering 

[sierraonezero]

@TheBzme

For the application we will never see 'massive heat', this is all very low voltage and current. I would never use this method as hooked and crimped joints are not reliable, cheap and easy though. Spliced and soldered joints are better but considered as old school, takes ten seconds longer but nobody cares. Splicing is almost a lost art, takes too much time!

[CalamityJesus]

Good HowTo.

[daddt999]

Thanks for posting,,this will work Great!