How to Connect Wire using a Butt Connector / Splice Connector
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- Опубликовано: 13 окт 2018
- This is a great video showing you how to properly use a Butt Connector / Splice to attach wires together.
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Straight to the point. No mumbo-jumbo or annoying background music.
I have to some small repairs on an extension cord. Don't want to solder, its a mess. A very helpful video for non-electricians like me. 😆
Thanks so much man. 🤩🤩🤩
that's right, gitter done!
You will never know how much help you have just given me.
These are my favorite comments. Glad it helped!
Thanks guy. I've been toying with electronic's and DC wiring for over 60 yrs but I never used or learned how to use butt connectors until just now! Sure beats soldering. Especially with 0 - 10 gauge.
they have lots of cool butt connectors now, with the solder in the middle , just heat with heat gun and it connects and solders!. if you heat most butt connectors, it is shrink tube so it will close down as well.
Thank you for the tutorial , I have now successfully fixed my lights 😃
that's awesome. I love RUclips
Thanks, wanted to be sure I was doing it correctly!
well, I am sure everyone has a different idea of correctly, but I have done a few and they all hold pretty well, you can also use a lighter or hair dryer, and the ends are "heat shrink" and they will shrink in around the wire when exposed to heat! Thanks for the comment, and good luck
I am making a portable fan cooler thingamajig for the summer and wasn't sure how to go about connecting the wires.This was the first video I found when I searched "how to use butt connectors" and you answered all of my questions! Normally I have to watch a few videos or type in different search words before I figure it out, so this was a pleasant surprise. I'm going to check out your other videos too, the eBay ones look interesting. Thanks and have a great Sunday!
Glad it worked out, always a fine line between too much info and not enough info! hope that fan cooler helps, its HOT!!!
Thanks for the video I just learned about Butt Splice Connectors to reconnect a few severed wires in my wall.
They can definitely be a life saver
Great video. Thank you so much for your help.
Thank you for stopping by!
Wonderful job. Nicely done.
Thank you!
I’m putting a 4 way on the back of my truck for a tailgate light strip and this will help me a lot!
Glad it helped man, thanks for taking the time to comment!! Good luck!
Great video! Super helpful
Glad it was helpful!
thanks man. gotta put a new radio in my truck. wanted to know what i'm dealing with. i actually saw that crimp tool at my work so i guess that's where ill be splicing wire this week
Should work out. Most issues come with finding the right connector for the right wire.
But hopefully the connectors are stored in a fashion that allows you to match the wire. Wires are labeled on the jacket
Thanks, hope it helps
Thank you for the close-up view of this! First time for me and it helps to see the details...
that's awesome, I bet you'll do great!!
btw , let me know if there is anything else you would like to see!
Sweet thanks !
no problem!!
thanks man Hope you still alive to see this
Still going strong! Thanks
Thanks
no problem, hope it helped
If you strip the wire a little longer then needed and some of the wire is exposed to the plastic on the butt connector will this cause a fire?
It is always a good rule of thumb to never have exposed copper (wire). in a situation like that you may be able to just use some electrical tape and wrap it around the wire. Fires are usually caused by a malfunction of some sort. In your case, if the bare wire touches metal, and there is a "short", then the wires will begin to heat up, and if there isn't some kind of safety trip, then a fire could start. This mostly applies to "high voltage" like 120VAC house circuits. Very rarely would you have this issue with low voltage DC circuits. Low voltage DC circuits usually just stop working. These are just general statements, please consult a qualified and insured electrician with any questions.
When do you use the oval crimp, and when do you use the crimp with the tooth (referencing your crimp tool)? Thanks!
my opinion, I don't really know, but the oval would be for solid wire, and the tooth would be for stranded wire. I had never really asked that question before and I couldn't really find a good answer. interesting no one really asks that question more. I am gonna do some digging around and see if I can get an answer. now I am curious!!
@@MyLooneyBin thanks a lot, I appreciate the follow up and if you come across additional info that’s great but don’t go to any trouble.
Here was the answer I received from a technician I trust.
Insulated and non-insulated sir. The oval part is for insulator style.
The ones with the tooth is for non-insulated that you put heat shrink over! 👍
Question. Do the wires need to touch each other INSIDE of the connector during crimping? Or does the metal inside the connector create a path
It's always good to get them to touch, but as they are crimped in the metal portion of the splice, you are 100% correct, the metal will be the conductor.
@@MyLooneyBin installed my new stereo myself today, thanks to you!!💕
Do you heat shrink those? I have the same ones
the ones in the video do not have the heat shrink, some do come with the ends that do heat shrink, they are ideal
Would if be advised to finish with some electrical tape?
you definitely could, this can help prevent ground faults and such, but if the wire is stripped correctly and crimped correctly, there really shouldn't be any need. But, again, it's not ever a bad idea to wrap up any electrical connection with some tape once you have verified they are secure.
Can you use a heat shrink maker?
well, there is actually metal inside of these that helps the connection ... these do have a heat shrink feature you could use. after crimping, then apply heat to activate the heat shrink feature of the product
is the cylinder inside the buttsplice supposed to be cracked after crimp it? I looked inside and it looks like it cracked a bit but definitely holds the wire.
There is usually a split down the metal, and when you compress the connectors it will "crack". For a better visual appearance, if you center the split on the far side of the crimp, it tends to not show as much. You can play with a few and see, but your correct that it really doesn't matter. Most are heat shrink, so a little heat on them will seal the rubber around everything if desired. Besides the look it's all good and functional!
Thanks for turning a 10 second video into 5 minutes.
No worries, thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. My channel needs all the help it can get! 😂
That's why lord Xenu invented the fast forward button
Can u do a video on crimping butt connectors on 4g ? And whats needed
I will see what I can do I don't have that material at the house though
How would you weatherproof this for underground?
for under ground? yea, this connection probably wouldn't be weather proof without putting it in a weather proof box .//// if it wasn't underground, maybe some electrical grease or use the ones that have the heat shrink built in .... underground though, I would say a box, maybe heat shrink, but unlikely it will be water tight ...
Do the stripped wires have to physically touch inside?
They do not. The connector has a metal feral on the inside. So as long as each side gets crimped and the wire holds, you should be good. BUT I always like to strip enough and do my best to get them to touch on the inside.
@@MyLooneyBin Makes sense. Thanks for the quick reply and info ✊🏽
I’m repairing my washing machine lid switch and the wires that have come apart
well, this should help ... this also shows crimping, using a spade connector or something else would be done the same way. hope it helped
Can never figure out how to use these things thanks
Hope it helped man. good luck
👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
hope it helped!
Hm. What level of handyman-ed-ness should someone be at before it's safe to do this kind of work themselves?
any level! We can all do some home fixes!!!
I'm at level zero handy[wo]manness and I'm doing this to my car today 😉 necessity is the mother of invention, or in this case, courage....
How do I know what size the wires are?
You may have to look it up or compare it. Most reels of wire are labeled.
are u still posting? can you teach me how to solder?
well, I just bought a new solder iron, I sure can, I will try to get a soldering video up here real soon, thanks for the suggestion
@@MyLooneyBin ha amazing! Thanks man I'm trying to be handy around the house but also trying to get my hand into working on my girls car you know and once I get my project to start on my own as well thank you!
I usually wrap electrical tape over the butt connector - going about 1" passed both ends and covering the entire butt connector. Double fail safe I admit.
electrical tape is never a bad idea!