tegwin
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| posted on 24/11/08 at 12:31 PM |
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Joining multiple wires?
Due to bad planning on my parts I have ended up with about 6 wires comming back to the same point under my dashboard..... I need to connect them
together so the joint is electrically sound...
How can I do this? Soldering more than one cable together is a mess....Cant think of any way of getting them all tidied away....
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whitestu
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| posted on 24/11/08 at 12:51 PM |
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I'd solder and heat shrink them. It'll be the strongest way of connecting them up.
Don't worry if it looks a mess, just make sure you get plenty of solder in the joint.
Stu
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bartonp
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| posted on 24/11/08 at 12:53 PM |
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If it's earth then bolt through tags.
If it's live then a small fusebox.? Allow disconnection for faultfinding.
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Dangle_kt
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| posted on 24/11/08 at 12:56 PM |
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terminal block with a wire on the back going from port to port to connect them all up?
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r1_pete
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| posted on 24/11/08 at 01:39 PM |
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Closed end connector, Vehicle Wiring Products should stock them.
 
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02GF74
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| posted on 24/11/08 at 01:48 PM |
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that is a very common problem yet there seems to be no neat way of solving it.
What I did on once (thin wiresfor LED instrument lamps) was to twist the wires together then put into a terminal block - not nice.
Another case, instrument lamps again, was to make use of the tags o nthe instruments and solder wires to make Y joins; again not nice.
Take a look at VWP - they do a multi-way terminal connectors for spade terminals.
e.g.  ... that you can make by cutting up some
flattened copper pipe or there is a 4 or 6 way multi bolck in plastic housing, about £ 7, that I canot find at the mo'
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BenB
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| posted on 24/11/08 at 02:03 PM |
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Realistically you want to try and avoid that when you're planning the loom 
Is it an earth? If so I'd just put eye connectors on the wires and have a little "earthing bolt". Not sure I'd want to do that
if it was a live....
How about getting an off-cut of something like veroboard (with one strip of copper). Solder them all to that and wrap in amalgamating tape to
insulate.....
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serieslandy
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| posted on 24/11/08 at 10:46 PM |
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5 piggyback connectors and a normal spade connected together and some tape?
[Edited on 24/11/08 by serieslandy]
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Vindi_andy
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| posted on 25/11/08 at 01:56 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
there is a 4 or 6 way multi bolck in plastic housing, about £ 7, that I canot find at the mo'
Car builder solutions do 3 & 5 way multi block connectors for common connections with spring clamps operated by a lever. Used some when modifying
the origianl sierra loom im using very tidy and easy to connect or disconnect if you need to untangle things.
http://www.cbsonline.co.uk/quick-connectors-5-way-qcon5-1748-p.asp
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:{THC}:YosamiteSam
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| posted on 27/11/08 at 09:07 PM |
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if its earth - just solder them - the 1st strip it quite long - then the next twist it round that and so on - keeping it narrow and tidy.. use heat
shrink to cover the lot - add a crimp to the end - ie a ring to the chassis
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