We all have a slight problem, we all love a cars that have a notorious electrical system
with any electrical work disconnect the battery
We'll start with the tools
a gas soldering iron great for doing repairs in the car just watch where you put it
the auto wire stripper is better than the pull type you get in sets.
solder and some heatshrink.
and a lighter for heat shrink!
Repairing a broken wire
first thing before you go at fixing it find out why it broke! (twisted wires, too short got caught) and solve that or it will happen again.
strip off about 15-20 mm on both sides
dont forget to put the heatshrink tube on
next twist twist wires from the center.
Now if you push them together and then twist them together not loose but not too tight either
One of the key point in soldering is heating up the wire enough that the solder flows through the wire strands and gives a good bond
the eagle eyed will spot the cock up, dont have your heatshrink too close to where you are solder or it will shrink from the heat, funny that
I was luck i was doing this on a loose piece as i could just slide on some more, but if your in situ you have to cut and start all over again
Slide your new unshrunk heatshrink over the exposed joint and heat it up!
Splicing/taking a feed
this is handy if your putting in an electronic boost controller or gauges
take your feed wire and wire stripper and strip a small bit back about 10m, what you want to do is to thread the new wire into the source wire and wrap it around. i find using the probe of a multimeter seperates it best! heat wrapping these kind of joints means cutting the wire, so i would just use the fabric tape.
and here you can see the finished article! two joins that are stronger then the copper wire itself
with any electrical work disconnect the battery
We'll start with the tools
a gas soldering iron great for doing repairs in the car just watch where you put it
the auto wire stripper is better than the pull type you get in sets.
solder and some heatshrink.
and a lighter for heat shrink!
Repairing a broken wire
first thing before you go at fixing it find out why it broke! (twisted wires, too short got caught) and solve that or it will happen again.
strip off about 15-20 mm on both sides
dont forget to put the heatshrink tube on
next twist twist wires from the center.
Now if you push them together and then twist them together not loose but not too tight either
One of the key point in soldering is heating up the wire enough that the solder flows through the wire strands and gives a good bond
the eagle eyed will spot the cock up, dont have your heatshrink too close to where you are solder or it will shrink from the heat, funny that
I was luck i was doing this on a loose piece as i could just slide on some more, but if your in situ you have to cut and start all over againSlide your new unshrunk heatshrink over the exposed joint and heat it up!
Splicing/taking a feed
this is handy if your putting in an electronic boost controller or gauges
take your feed wire and wire stripper and strip a small bit back about 10m, what you want to do is to thread the new wire into the source wire and wrap it around. i find using the probe of a multimeter seperates it best! heat wrapping these kind of joints means cutting the wire, so i would just use the fabric tape.
and here you can see the finished article! two joins that are stronger then the copper wire itself
