http://www.wireglue.us/

Anyone tried this for emergency repairs?
Gordon

On 2008-11-18 11:12:34 -0500, Gordon said:

http://www.wireglue.us/

Anyone tried this for emergency repairs?
Gordon

Why?

I've various sizes of wire and a few different connecting methods
including solder when a connection goes bad. Mid-season, our GPS
connector went bad and I was able to wire in a new one in under a half
hour while we were under way. I keep such spares in my junk box for
just that reason.

Truth be told, I can't think of an "emergency" repair that wireglue
would fix adequately. Anything I deem "emergency" if it doesn't work
requires a high-power connection that only "snip and reconnect" would
satisfy. (Losing our GPS was an inconvenience, not an emergency.)

Maybe I'm a bit odd, but if I have to fix something, even in a hurry, I
want to fix it well enough to not have to worry about it later. Once
fixed, it's fixed.

--
Jere Lull
Xan-à-Deux -- Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD
Xan's pages: http://web.mac.com/jerelull/iWeb/Xan/
Our BVI trips & tips: http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/

Jere Lull wrote:
On 2008-11-18 11:12:34 -0500, Gordon said:

http://www.wireglue.us/

Anyone tried this for emergency repairs?
Gordon

Why?

I've various sizes of wire and a few different connecting methods
including solder when a connection goes bad. Mid-season, our GPS
connector went bad and I was able to wire in a new one in under a half
hour while we were under way. I keep such spares in my junk box for just
that reason.

Truth be told, I can't think of an "emergency" repair that wireglue
would fix adequately. Anything I deem "emergency" if it doesn't work
requires a high-power connection that only "snip and reconnect" would
satisfy. (Losing our GPS was an inconvenience, not an emergency.)

Maybe I'm a bit odd, but if I have to fix something, even in a hurry, I
want to fix it well enough to not have to worry about it later. Once
fixed, it's fixed.


Only asked if anyone had tried! How do you know it wouldn't be
adequate if you never tried it. Might be worth a shot if you're days at
sea, no soldering iron available and wire nuts won't do the job.
Gordon

On 2008-11-18 13:58:39 -0500, Gordon said:

Only asked if anyone had tried! How do you know it wouldn't be adequate
if you never tried it. Might be worth a shot if you're days at sea, no
soldering iron available and wire nuts won't do the job.

I've tried similar in the past and reaped the results, usually a mess
that takes three times the effort to clean up than a proper job would
take.

Soldering irons are cheap and small, useful for other jobs, so of
course I have one aboard. That half-hour rewiring job I mentioned
included de-soldering the old plug and soldering the new connections on
as we sailed along. Didn't have to put it aside overnight as I would
have had to do with the wire glue.

--
Jere Lull
Xan-à-Deux -- Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD
Xan's pages: http://web.mac.com/jerelull/iWeb/Xan/
Our BVI trips & tips: http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/