making 28 gauge wire work with 22 guage
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Topic: making 28 gauge wire work with 22 guage
Posted By: Suppy7
Subject: making 28 gauge wire work with 22 guage
Date Posted: February 26, 2003 at 8:16 PM
How do I do it? it just doesnt work y directly twisting them together....
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Posted By: Velocity Motors
Date Posted: February 26, 2003 at 8:29 PM
Use solder
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Jeff
Velocity Custom Home Theater
Mobile Audio/Video Specialist
Morden, Manitoba CANADA
Posted By: copcarguy
Date Posted: February 26, 2003 at 8:32 PM
pink insulated butt connector preferably brazed seam or seamless to ensure good connection. Good luck
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R Jackson
Owner/Installer
TRM Emergency Vehicles
Information is advice only and should be confirmed with OEM or quality test equipment.
Boyertown, Pennsylvania
Posted By: Two_Cold
Date Posted: February 28, 2003 at 6:21 PM
Wrap them together, solder them, put a dab of silicone, then electrical tape (or heat shrink tube).
Posted By: Suppy7
Date Posted: March 01, 2003 at 10:17 AM
and solder will work, even if the wires dont work when they are wrapped without the solder??? the solder will ensure a connection???
Posted By: copcarguy
Date Posted: March 01, 2003 at 2:05 PM
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.
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R Jackson
Owner/Installer
TRM Emergency Vehicles
Information is advice only and should be confirmed with OEM or quality test equipment.
Boyertown, Pennsylvania
Posted By: Suppy7
Date Posted: March 01, 2003 at 2:54 PM
its for 12 volt, Ive tried Butt connectors, and cant get it to work.....insulated butt connectors from radio shack
Posted By: Two_Cold
Date Posted: March 01, 2003 at 9:09 PM
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.
Posted By: copcarguy
Date Posted: March 02, 2003 at 10:36 AM
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.
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R Jackson
Owner/Installer
TRM Emergency Vehicles
Information is advice only and should be confirmed with OEM or quality test equipment.
Boyertown, Pennsylvania
Posted By: Two_Cold
Date Posted: March 02, 2003 at 11:45 AM
Thanks copcarguy. I'll buy a few a try them out.
Posted By: Suppy7
Date Posted: March 02, 2003 at 6:51 PM
wow, thanks man, I'll try that, my Soldering iron is broken it doesnt heat up anymore....but I'll try the testing it with and without a load on it...and tell ya about it...
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