And how is that better than a soldered connection sealed inside Ancor's hot melt glue lined heat shrink?


"Wet-n-Wild Bill" wrote in message m...
ABYC reccomends crimping all wires onboard and DO NOT use wire nuts You an buy a three way crimp for 12ga. or use a terminal
strip. Soldering is not recommeded from my ABYC readings.

Thise is talk about soldering on wire that is not exposed to the element. But realistily everthing on a boat when cruising on salt
water will be exposed to the elements of SALT. so CRIMP CRIMP CRIMP all connections!


"Hanz" wrote in message ...
I used Ideal set-screw wire connector on our boat for 20 year and have had no problems. Set :
http://www.goodmart.com/products/85313.htm

Hanz

chuck wrote:

Patrick Harman wrote:

If you are considering a wire nut, then you should hire a marine electrician. If the wire is solid and not braided, sell the
boat. Both of these no no's are fundamental to marine wiring.

Proper way is to use a terminal strip. An alternate is to use a 3-way splice available from West marine and many others. I
won't go into the proper way to crimp terminals.

Pat Harman


"RB" wrote in message ...

Got a 12ga wire running along under a panel in a hard to get to place. With great efforts and contortions, I can reach it to
cut it and strip insulation of the cut ends.

What I need to do is rejoin the cut ends, and come off with an additional wire to go to a different location.

If there's slack, I can put the three ends together and use a wire nut.

Assuming there isn't enough slack for the wire nut trick, are there any neat little critters out there for this specific
purpose? What are they called? Who has 'em?





I agree: no wiring nuts.

But if you have room for a wiring nut, then you may have room for a crimp connected pigtail instead, and that can be attached to
a terminal strip in an accessible place. A far better solution.

Chuck