making 28 gauge wire work with 22 guage

How do I do it? it just doesnt work y directly twisting them together....

Use solderJeff

Velocity Custom Home Theater

Mobile Audio/Video Specialist

Morden, Manitoba CANADA

pink insulated butt connector preferably brazed seam or seamless to ensure good connection. Good luckR Jackson

Owner/Installer

TRM Emergency Vehicles

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Boyertown, Pennsylvania

Wrap them together, solder them, put a dab of silicone, then electrical tape (or heat shrink tube).

and solder will work, even if the wires dont work when they are wrapped without the solder??? the solder will ensure a connection???

It would in fact ensure a connection. If you do not get results then tracing the circuit would be the next move. Are you trying to use it for 12 volts or audio signal? I still prefer a butt connector crimped with a pair of Stakon crimpers for 12 volt wiring.R Jackson

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Boyertown, Pennsylvania

its for 12 volt, Ive tried Butt connectors, and cant get it to work.....insulated butt connectors from radio shack

Solder is the easiest way to connect. By easy I mean the hardest to screw up. I've always avoided Butt Connectors, but I've never even tried them. copcarguy, what do you use them for? Just audio or all applications. Just curious.

Some audio but only in the two-way radio applications with low fidelity requirements. I use butt connectors exclusively for my 12 volt wiring though and have had no problems. The secrect is buying the right type of connector (seamless/insulated) and using quality crimpers. As to Suppy7's problem, get a multimeter and start at the beginning of the circuit, follow along the circuit at convenient locations and check for voltage to narrow down where the problem is. Are you SURE you have a good connection to ground? I have found that more often than not the ground can be your main underlying problem. If you checked both of these with no result then turn on or put a load on the circuit and repeat the process, sometimes a wire will show 12 volts untill a load is placed on it and then the weak link makes itself known.Let me know how you make out.R Jackson

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TRM Emergency Vehicles

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Boyertown, Pennsylvania

Thanks copcarguy. I'll buy a few a try them out.