Never Solder Again - How to Connect Wires the EASY Way

being able to connect two wires together properly is such an important skill because if you're doing any kind of diy repair wire is always part of the job but most people just don't know how to do it and here's how it usually turns out they'll twist the wires together cover it with a mess of tape and this is the end result it's not safe or the right way to do it now pros will tell you to go ahead and solder the wire but you've really got to know what you're doing but even when you're finished it's not done because you've got to cover it up so most people will use the type of heat shrink tubing like this and when you're finished it does give a pretty good result but it's going to take you a little while and if you've got a number of wires to do this can be a real pain especially if you're in a real tight or small amount of space and then some people will turn to a connector like this these don't require any soldering you just strip your wire and insert them into the connector and then you crush the connector down now this is a special ratcheting tool that applies a lot of pressure to hold that wire tight but these have some common problems as well many people will insert too small of a wire and then even after they crimp it the wire will just easily pull out but sometimes you don't notice it until after you've installed it and then it's too late but additionally if you want it to be watertight you've got to heat shrink the connection when you're done but now i want to show you a better way to connect two wires together that's as easy as the crimp connection but it actually gives you the same quality as the solder connection when you're done but without all the work and the best part of all is when you're finished they're actually waterproof these are a new type of connector that are sold under a number of different names some people call them hybrid others call them solderless and some call them solder and seal connectors but these are nothing short of amazing and they come in multiple sizes to fit different thicknesses of wire and they're surprisingly cheap and to use them you only need a set of wire strippers along with a tool to help you shrink the tubing now for that you're going to want to use the device like this this is a really inexpensive heat gun costs 15 and it even includes a special adapter that allows you to concentrate the heat right into the connector this is perfect if you're in a cramped space and you won't melt anything else that you don't want to using these connectors is easy but there are a few tips to getting good results you're going to start by stripping a small amount of the insulation off of the end of each wire then you can insert the wires into the connector itself but you want to pay attention to those colored bands because they're designed to tightly grip the insulation of the wire so when you insert them into the connector you want to make sure that the insulation is underneath those colored bands but the other difference is you're not going to twist the end of those wires you're going to press them into the connector as shown and then when you insert the second wire you're actually going to push that wire into the other so they're going to kind of intermingle in the middle and that's going to help you form a better connection now grab your heat gun and turn it on you want to apply heat all over this connector and you'll quickly see how fast the connector will shrink down but you want to keep applying heat to the middle and you'll see that ring of solder start to melt and it will actually flow in and around the wires and if you get the heat gun that i showed you you can attach the reflector and that'll make the job go a lot easier you might also notice that that solder in the middle does not melt away completely and it's not supposed to that's part of what gives this connector so much strength i tried pulling this thing apart and once these things are cooled they are really strong i could tear it apart but it held that wire a lot tighter than any kind of crimped on connector and the finished result looks good and it's totally waterproof this would be ideal for any kind of underground sprinkler repair or fixing any loose or broken wires on a trailer but what is that solder actually doing i wanted to see how well it would penetrate the wires so i went ahead and cut the wire in the middle to take a look you can see the solder is heavily melted in the center which is definitely going to give you a better connection but i wanted to see how far did the solder actually travel so i went ahead and re-cut the connector a lot closer to the insulation and to my surprise you can see that the solder also reached these wires as well and even though the solder is not touching every single wire it definitely float around most of them and it's going to give you a better connection because remember many people just use crimp connectors that don't have any solder at all so by using one of these connectors you're going to get the benefits of a solder joint but with the speed and convenience of a crimp tongue connector simply like this video got you to see a better way to connect wires that you may never have known existed and if you liked it please give me a thumbs up and subscribe to my channel for more videos coming up

Channel: Silver Cymbal

Views: 3,869,069

Keywords: DIY, diy electric, how to connect wires, waterproof wire connectors, how to strip wire, how to make wires waterproof, underground wire splice, connecting stereo wires, fixing fire, splice wire, how to splice wire, solder sleeve, self solder connector, self solder, wago, solder seal connector, solder connector review, solder sleeve review

Id: NZtwD_F7lTA

Length: 4min 24sec (264 seconds)

Published: Sun Mar 28 2021