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Bad Venge

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Re: Wire Tapping... shhh. [BV]

« Reply #15 on: October 05, 2007, 09:44:14 PM »

I've got a cordless butane soldering iron ...


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DangerboyJr

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Re: Wire Tapping... shhh. [BV]

« Reply #16 on: October 05, 2007, 10:08:41 PM »

Quote from: Bad Venge on October 05, 2007, 04:18:52 PM

If I'm tapping into a wire I strip back about 1/2" of insulation wrap the "new" wire into the existing wire , Solder connection then wrap with electrical tape ...
If I'm adding extra circuits I strip back the existing wire then add the additional wires then use crimp caps then tape over the crinp caps
Crimp caps are shaped like wire nuts , but the tops instead of twisting you use a wire crimper on ...

I use Heatshrink tubing instead of elecrtical tape


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Bad Venge

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Re: Wire Tapping... shhh. [BV]

« Reply #17 on: October 05, 2007, 10:44:03 PM »

heatshrink tubing is damn hard to get around an existing run wire Wink


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DangerboyJr

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Re: Wire Tapping... shhh. [BV]

« Reply #18 on: October 06, 2007, 12:47:49 PM »

... This is true.. If I cant use that. Ill just crimp it


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Shiano

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Re: Wire Tapping... shhh. [BV]

« Reply #19 on: October 07, 2007, 04:11:55 AM »

ok. so basically my option is to expose part of the power wire, wrap the led power wire around that TIGHTLY and tape it up to take care of the exposed wires, right?

Also, where would i attach the negative wire? I'm hooking this into the power door locks power line. that way when the lock closes or opens, the LED will light up and i can see it from a good distance away. My headlights don't flash and my horn doesn't honk, so i have no way other than the interior light coming on. I'd LOVE to hook it into that b/c i can just run the wire cleanly across the [] of the ceiling and place the LED where i see fit, but I feel like i'm going to break the interior light assembly.

I have no sunroof, so i have the ceiling assembly, not the mirror mounted ones.


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Matt

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Re: Wire Tapping... shhh. [BV]

« Reply #20 on: October 07, 2007, 05:43:09 AM »

negative goes to ground, anything touching the chassis that is metal should be fine.


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Nykon

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Re: Wire Tapping... shhh. [BV]

« Reply #21 on: October 10, 2007, 03:26:04 AM »

I have the same kind of soldering iron. I love it.

Just sayin


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