covering wires
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Printed Date: June 09, 2024 at 10:48 AM
Topic: covering wires
Posted By: erinh
Subject: covering wires
Date Posted: February 15, 2004 at 6:44 PM
just a quick question about how you guys usually cover your wires? my friend told me just to use electrical tape. i guess i worry too much. i had been covering them with electrical tape and then putting a small peice of wire loom around it. my friend told me that putting too much stuff around the wire like that is going to make it too hot and may cause problems. so should i just trust the electrical tape?
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Posted By: draasch
Date Posted: February 15, 2004 at 6:47 PM
yes the tape works great ------------- Good Luck
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Posted By: daniel2002p
Date Posted: February 15, 2004 at 6:53 PM
electrical tape is just fine, I use that all the time. making them too hot, no way, the more you protect it, the less chance you have of shorting something out.
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Posted By: erinh
Date Posted: February 15, 2004 at 7:02 PM
thanks guys! i just used the loom worried something might poke through the tape or since it gets humid in teh summer here the tape might get loose.
Posted By: daniel2002p
Date Posted: February 15, 2004 at 8:57 PM
use high quality tape, made for the automobile environment, Scotch has a particular line just for this use, you should check that out.
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2005 Toyota Corolla S
1.8L VVT-i I-4
Always double check your wires with a DMM!!!
Do Not Use A Test Light!!!
MECP Certified Installer!
Best Buy 665 - IN IT TO WIN IT! TEAM MOBLE!
Posted By: RufNUSD
Date Posted: February 15, 2004 at 9:06 PM
Too hot??? When my wires get hot.... I worry. The only time I like hot wires is on the filaments of my lights. Ohms law will help your friend.
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Posted By: erinh
Date Posted: February 15, 2004 at 9:13 PM
i will buy some of the scotch brand tape tomorrow, thanks!
Posted By: Teamrf
Date Posted: February 16, 2004 at 3:01 AM
Yea scotch has some good stuff..it think its "super 33" it's easy to work with. ------------- ~The Rookie~
Rookie of the year that is...
Don't let the smoke out of your equiptment..it doesn't go back in.
Posted By: markcars
Date Posted: February 17, 2004 at 7:00 PM
On top of using tape, you can also put the cables in plastic segmented tubing. Tubing that is slit on one side so you can just slide the wire from the side and then put wire ties at regular intervals. I do this to make sure nothing pokes or cuts the the wires and to protect the wires from any liquid such as rain etc. These tubes come in various sizes and you can get the ones you need. Plus you can get shrink tubing which I use on connections. This is great when you want to have a real tight seal that is even better than tape alone. This is only for connections though.
Posted By: markcars
Date Posted: February 17, 2004 at 7:09 PM
sorry about my terminology. I did not know wire looms were the same as segmented plastic tubing. so you already have the right concept. The shrink tubing is useful to know if you did not already.
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