Solder connectors

[94touring]

Anyone try these?  I ordered a pack to try after watching some clip on YouTube. 

[Willie_B]

I have used them a few times. Kinda hard to hold the wires and connector and heat at the same time. So I would shrink just one wire in with a small bit of the end of the connector to grab one wire. When I do that I use a small butane torch that I can focus the heat in that small area. A heat gun does do good for the rest of it.

[MiniDave]

I bought some a while back but haven't tried them yet......I'll have a lot of wiring to do on the hot rod when it comes time so worth looking at all options. Let us know what you think when you get them.....

[94touring]

I have more wiring on the bus to do and hoping these make it a little better.

[cstudep]

I have used them, they work well in the right circumstances. Like any solder connection if there is regular movement of the wire on either side of the "solder joint" the wires will sometimes break at that point. If the joint is pretty stable with not much movement they seem to be fine. The shrink wrap portion does seem to support the solder joint area better than your old school solder joint taped up, which almost always seems to fail eventually in an automotive application.

I generally use the weather sealed shrink wrap crimp versions in most automotive situations I get into but they can be a pain as well depending on what kind of crimpers you have and how tight the space is. And they can be prone to not getting a good crimp as well at times.

[94touring]

Finally got around to using these.  The trick seams to be heat the center and wait till it cools, then give it a test pull to seen if it's solid and the solder took. Then heat the ends to shrink the rest.  I had a few not take and pull apart pretty easily.

[jeff10049]

They are ok but keep in mind its a very low heat weak solder. Had a customer use them in an engine bay and the heat was enough to remelt the solder. Also high amp draw like a cooling fan can heat the connection enough to remelt in some cases.

I do like them for general wiring in cool areas. Definitely a time saver.

Jeff

[94touring]

These won't be in a high heat environment at least. I did give the wires a twist together before using the solder connector too.  I suppose a tug would be required to totally lose connection with the heat shrink if the solder were to go bad or break. That seemed to make it easier too, by twisting the wires together.

[BruceK]

I used these when I installed my fuel tank sender translator thingy. I needed a power source so I branched off the power to the fuel pump which sits on the rear subframe, then came up through the boot floor to the unit.

I did some test wires first to get used to the heating process. I used a heat gun and the result seems to be a strong connection. The colored part of this product appears to be a type of melting glue that not only holds the connection together, but also helps seal from outside elements.  I also considered running some additional plain heat shrink over the entire joint but decided it was overkill.

[94touring]

I did additional heat shrink too.  Probably unnecessary but I just wanted peace of mind.