Wiring Crimping Help

[sheppy1]

Hi All,


I have a lot of wiring in my car (mainly ambient LEDs) which I've secured with a simple twist of the wire and some electrical tape...I'm fully aware how bad this is but I simply cannot solder well enough to do it in tight spaces.

Now I would like to know how to carry out in line crimping on spliced wires....Hope people know what I mean. Is this something that can be done...is there a sort of clamp which I can put over the wires and then crimp in place? 

Cheers

[Rusty2009]

Are joining to cut wires together or are doing a splice join?

[sheppy1]

Just a splice join I think... The things I'm referring too are when I've trimmed the plastic off an existing bit of wiring and then I've spliced another wire onto the exposed copper wiring... I want to know how to secure that wiring using crimping methods... If you need me to demonstrate what I mean I'll grab some spare wire if you want and take a photo of what I mean?

It's a google image but this is what I do:



I just need to know how to crimp that so it's secure rather than twisting and then wrapping with tape like I do ATM.

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[Rusty2009]

I know what you mean its called a splice.

Ok so a crimp wont be suitable for this unless you have access to the end of the wire.

You best bet is to use one them silly scotch lock connectors.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/50x-Scotch-Loc...jVt8TEQoEA

I'm sure thou in another post where you were asking about wiring there was a video added of a splice.

As your not confident in soldering in tight spaces I'd recommend you do the following.

!. Splice
2. On the splice separate the copper wire
3. Twist the copper of your new wire.
4. put that through the splice.
5. twist it all together.
6. tape over.

[Rusty2009]

Here's a video for you to watch for the step I listed above.