A quick tech tip to let you in on this technique for joining two wires together. The advantages of this over crimping or soldering are speed, reliability, and flexibility.
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does this work for thicker copper wires?
The physics of it is there in just those extra folds.👍
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Well done except for the annoying background music.
How do you feel about using this method with heavy gauge wires like 8 gauge?
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Like some of the people here thats how my dad taught me. In tech school I was taught the "correct" method with soldering but when the wires are too old and corroded to solder this is the best method and seal it up with tape. Much stronger than crimps. When I do crimps like on terminals I usually solder before crimping anyways.
Great tip! I find a little dialectric grease around the wire makes its marine grade and lubricates the shrink-wrap which makes it easier to get a nice tight fight. Loverly Mini you have man 😉
Here's a similar twist method: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0Gierk4SCw
Does this method work on small thin wires?
Cheap, easy, quick, and efficient🤗 I love it! Similar to how I do it but with that bend👍👍👍👍
An excellent way to connect wires! Thank you for sharing this with us.
well thats a lot better than what I was doing lol
you can use fire a bit instead of air heater if you dont have it
Thanks!
thank you for this tutorial. not everyone has a soldering thing sitting in the corner. i had to search specificly for "without solder". if i had a soldering thing in my house i would already know how to solder two fucking wires and wouldn't search how to fix wires lmao
Why won't you'll use a Lineman's Knot ? Far stronger and it won't even have a bump
Ah nice! ☝🏻🤓 I knew I didn’t have to go out and buy a soldering gun! ✌🏻😘Thank you
Twisting the wires together is called "Shunting".
A good splicing technique is similar but better IMHO and as it’s flat with no lumps. Super strong too, even before heat shrink applied.
I still prefer a linemans twist, but this is a nice alternative.
Thank you!
You reminded me of this method again. My father taught me this when I was a young'un but I needed to refresh my memory.
Works really well even with normal electrical tape.
Nothing is better than a reliable solder, better than unscrewing things over and over again to fix a bad connection, especially with car audio lol.
A couple of years ago I found out here on Youtube that there is an even stronger way of joining wires – one whose strength doesn't need relying on the shrink tube or electrical tape. So, considering the number of people that could find this little knowledge useful, I think I'm doing no harm in posting here the source of that method (it's in spanish, but the video itself explains it all):
https://youtu.be/RdTQ1W07GRE?t=251
wow, it is SO COOL how a simple modification to a technique can improve the function so much!
you garage!!!! amazing! thanks for the video
Thanks for the tip! With me being me, I would still use white lithium grease before heat shrinking, but I'm sure that's overkill.
Man I'm going to do this from now on, although I come across weird connectors that I ended up soldering anyway, this will make wiring my van with custom electronics much simpler and easier, thank you very much
Video is sooooooooooooooooo long dude
wish i watched this earlier today, on a side note what are the best end connectors you have personally used for connecting two wires together? i use end connectors but they are not always the best and will start using this method instead but wanted to ask!
Is it even necessary to solder components to PCBs for electrical communication, or is this just done to physically connect the components. For instance, if you had two components connected on a PCB and stable, is solder required for electrical communication?
Thanks man
Bravo. I wish I learned this about 40 years ago.
I didn’t know Adam Levine was into wiring
awesome, I've got a new radio turning up and my soldering iron shat itself so this should work nicely
Awesome! I need this to extend 18 guage sprinkler wire to a new controller and want the wires to be flexible.
thanks for the video man! I needed this for a design project in school.
You saved me!
Why does the heat gun sound like godzilla screaming😂😂😭
Thanks, looking to have a new dash switch setup on my Datsun. Really helpful!
This motivated me to practice by cutting the wire of a garbage pc fan and reconnecting it. Worked like a charm first try.