submersible wire connectors, any recommendations?

[vidaliaman]

submersible wire connectors, any recommendations?

thanks again
dave

 

[oldjeep]

Solder and then adhesive filled shrink tube would be my choice.

I use this stuff on all my battery cables and winch cables on the jeep.
http://www.waytekwire.com/products/1381/Tubing/

 

[vidaliaman]

thank you again!!!

dave

 

[Thalasso]

Soldering wire will make it brittle. You will need to secure it at the joint to keep it from vibration.
I use this.
Dual Wall Adhesive Heat Shrink Tubing

http://www.genuinedealz.com/

 

[Maclin]

Liquid Electrical Tape.

 

[idonthaveaname]

Yeah...Liquid Electrical Tape. That's the way to go.

 

[dingbat]

Liquid electrical tape is one step above duct tape and bubble gum. Crimps and adhesive lined shrink tubing is the only thing I use on any "moist" application.

 

[bobdec]

I use soldier, shrink wrap and then liquid tape on all my marine and on any weather exposed automotive electrical stuff.

 

[smokeonthewater]

I would advise against solder unless you are going to be putting the wires in a loom and securing them very well against vibration.... heat shrink hot glue lined crimp connectors are the only way to fly.

liquid electrical tape can insulate quite well but it's is a joke for waterproofing

 

[oldjeep]

Every connection in my jeeps is soldered. I don't get this - vibration protection thing. Unless you are using crap wire with 10 strands in it you should not be getting wire breakage from soldering connections. And if you are using adhesive lined shrink tube then there isn't a way to effect the connection anyways.

 

[Thalasso]

In the AYBC standards only a battery terminal can be soldered. The issue is stranded wire becomes a single strand when the solder is applied. If crimped to standard they should not come loose.

[h=2]Marine Wire and Cable: Crimping vs Soldering Marine Cable ...[/h] www.[B]marinewire[/B]andcable.com/2013/11/crimping-vs-soldering-marine

 

[oldjeep]

It is a boat trailer. How does aybc have anything to do with it?

 

[bgc]

https://www.grainger.com/product/MASTER-APPLIANCE-Wire-Harness-Connector-Kit-1YMK7?s_pp=false&picUrl=//static.grainger.com/rp/s/is/image/Grainger/1YMK7_AS01?$smthumb$

 

[bruceb58]

If the terminals are held rigidly like at a post, you should never solder. If they are just hanging in the breeze like I think the OP's situation is, soldering is fine. Its where the connection is held firmly where you never want to solder. Examples are ring connectors and blade connectors like those that are used at a fuse panel.

When i worked for an automotive electronics engineering company, we weren't even allowed to solder on the experimental vehicles we were modifying because of the vibration issues.

 

[Maclin]

I think maybe my post "Liquid Electrical Tape" was unclear, I meant make a solid electrical connection first with whatever you use for the splicing (crimps, wire nuts, soldering, etc.) then use the liquid tape to seal it, not actually hold the wires together.

 

[Maclin]

Just a sidebar..and this is NOT against soldering, just a fun fact, no soldering is used on a spacecraft, there are so many connections that the extra weight of the solder would keep it from getting into orbit after liftoff. I worked for an aircraft manufacturer in avionics, have a NASA soldering school certificate which includes certs for up to 7 layer circuit boards, ok that may give away my age. Very Large Scale Integrated circuits (VLSI) became the mainstream right about then, but we still had to get the NASA cert because a division of that company did NASA contracts.

 

[minuteman62-64]

I use the resin filled crimp connectors and then liquid electrical tape over.