/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>657429
>Have any good ways to splice? The way I know is to cut the outer part of wire, pull it open a bit, push a pen through to get an opening, put the other wire through and wrap it around, then solder or tape it
I find the cleanest way is to first cut the wire you want to splice into, so you can get the heatshrink tube around the entire thing. Kinda like the pic here. If you only strip the existing wire a bit rather than cutting it will be pretty much impossible to heatshink it. To solder I wouldn't go crazy with twisting the wires or anything, a quick half turn twist just to keep them together for soldering helps, though if possible the best way to to not twist them at all. Just hold the wires parallel to each other and solder, its a better surface for the solder to make contact and really the solder should be what is keeping the wires together - not twisting them. Once the connections are soldered slide the tube of heatshink over the connection and use a lighter to secure it. I strongly recommend against using any sort of tape - in a pinch as a last resort then maybe.. but if you can get heatshink then forget the tape. The stuff is usually pretty cheap and will last way longer than tape ever will.