Premium Member phicurious86 Posted May 1, 2016 Premium Member Share Posted May 1, 2016 Any of you Phoenix people confident in your soldering ability? I need to splice a couples wires for an addition to my turn signals. Six-pack with your name on it to splice a couple turn signal wires. I'll drive to you. Send me a pm if you're game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timjh Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Soldering is no big deal and I'm happy to do it for you if you'll take an extra sixpack of Fat Tire off my hands, but are you sure that's what you want? Folks who know more than I do say crimped connections are the way to go when there will be vibration because a soldered joint is always brittle. That's why my ToDo list includes Fry's Electronics for bullet connectors *I* need to connect a couple of fine wires this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member phicurious86 Posted May 2, 2016 Author Premium Member Share Posted May 2, 2016 Hey Tim. How close are you central Phoenix? Jeckler already made a kind offer to help me, but if you're closer... I'm thinking a solder splice is what I almost have to do in this case. I got this fancy setup with LEDs in my passenger pegs that act as turn signals, and those are plugged into the rear electrical harness via bullet connectors, but I want to add some small bright LEDs to my license plate too, for added visibility. To make that work it looks like I have to tap into the either the harness, but those connectors are already being used by the LEDs from the pegs, or the wires coming off the pegs. Figured solder off the peg wires was the better route. I'd wrap the solder joint with electrical tape and/or some silicone to help protect from vibration damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member GAZ Posted May 2, 2016 Premium Member Share Posted May 2, 2016 Soldering is easy and kinda fun. You can buy a kit for around $10. Its a little hard to mess it up and you can practice on some trash wires laying around. Give it a try it's easier than you think. Just use shrink wrap over the solder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beemer Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 ^ It's all true. I took a class in soldering years ago, it was fun and I felt like I could solder anything it's so easy to do. Get a kit, watch a you tube video and give it a try, you'll be glad you did. [video src=https://youtu.be/BLfXXRfRIzY] Beemer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator sorkyah Posted May 2, 2016 Global Moderator Share Posted May 2, 2016 if you arent looking to learn to solder, miles... i'll do it for ya Or teach ya how I work out at 101w & bell and live in surprise 303/cactus ATGATT... ATTATT, two acronyms I live by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Jeckler Posted May 2, 2016 Premium Member Share Posted May 2, 2016 Phi, I have to travel (again) to Austin tomorrow morning, so take one of these guys up on their offer. - Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member phicurious86 Posted May 2, 2016 Author Premium Member Share Posted May 2, 2016 Phi, I have to travel (again) to Austin tomorrow morning, so take one of these guys up on their offer. Ok. Thanks anyway Jeckler. Have a a safe trip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member phicurious86 Posted May 2, 2016 Author Premium Member Share Posted May 2, 2016 if you arent looking to learn to solder, miles... i'll do it for ya Or teach ya how I work out at 101w & bell and live in surprise 303/cactus Sounds good Sork. Whichever location you prefer, about equidistant from where I live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member phicurious86 Posted May 6, 2016 Author Premium Member Share Posted May 6, 2016 Just want to give props to Sork. He did an awesome job with what ended up being a slightly more complicated project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator sorkyah Posted May 6, 2016 Global Moderator Share Posted May 6, 2016 Just want to give props to Sork. He did an awesome job with what ended up being a slightly more complicated project. How was it more complicated??? it was just 3wires and my scatter-brained organization ATGATT... ATTATT, two acronyms I live by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member phicurious86 Posted May 6, 2016 Author Premium Member Share Posted May 6, 2016 Just want to give props to Sork. He did an awesome job with what ended up being a slightly more complicated project. How was it more complicated??? it was just 3wires and my scatter-brained organization Well I made it sound like it was just going to be a 2 wire job, plus you had to shorten the length of peg wires significantly, which necessitated the 3 wire job. That's 1.5x the wires man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member so1102 Posted May 8, 2016 Premium Member Share Posted May 8, 2016 How was it more complicated??? it was just 3wires and my scatter-brained organization Well I made it sound like it was just going to be a 2 wire job, plus you had to shorten the length of peg wires significantly, which necessitated the 3 wire job. That's 1.5x the wires man! So did you give him 9 beers then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member phicurious86 Posted May 8, 2016 Author Premium Member Share Posted May 8, 2016 Well I made it sound like it was just going to be a 2 wire job, plus you had to shorten the length of peg wires significantly, which necessitated the 3 wire job. That's 1.5x the wires man! So did you give him 9 beers then? Let's not get crazy. It wasn't *that* much more difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator sorkyah Posted May 9, 2016 Global Moderator Share Posted May 9, 2016 It was a 12 packs worth of corona light work so around $5ish dollars you vastly overpaid me miles ATGATT... ATTATT, two acronyms I live by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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