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[Ken448 10+ year member]

cool.. now that you are pro at installation, apply at a car audio shop as an installer.

heck with that, use all that coin making as a nurse and BUY a car audio shop!

Good job on doing the job yourself, but that tape will not last in there. Should have dropped the extra $0.99 for a nice roll of electrical tape //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[sexiewasd 10+ year member]

You can get a 15w soldering iron at Radioshack for nine bucks. Go get one and some thin rosin core solder, I'll even mail you some electrical tape! We can get this done right.

 

[adio 5,000+ posts]

in the very near future, i'll peel off the packing tape and use electrical tape. i need to learn how to run wires so i can install amps now.

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

I do da **** thang i let my nuts hang

 

[adio 5,000+ posts]

I do da **** thang i let my nuts hang

no u don't

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

no u don't

want pics?

 

[maddskillzz 10+ year member]

tape is tape...granted electrical tape would be the proper one to use for this application but it really and truthfully doesnt make any difference...if the wires are twisted together really well the only reason we even tape wires up is to keep them from touching each other or something that is grounded....

ive pulled head units installed with scotch tape, duct tape, packing tape, that had been that way for years...no probs..

although i always put them back in with electrical tape

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

tape is tape...

So I guess the NEC is fine with packing tape? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[FJF 10+ year member]

tape is tape...granted electrical tape would be the proper one to use for this application but it really and truthfully doesnt make any difference...if the wires are twisted together really well the only reason we even tape wires up is to keep them from touching each other or something that is grounded....
ive pulled head units installed with scotch tape, duct tape, packing tape, that had been that way for years...no probs..

although i always put them back in with electrical tape

This reminds me of the time when I was about 12 and used an equalizer to drive a pair of speakers. It made a sound.

 

[James Bang 5,000+ posts]

na.......i make more as an RN

you must be a cheap RN to not wanna buy some connectors or some heat shrink + heat gun.

 

[adio 5,000+ posts]

you must be a cheap RN to not wanna buy some connectors or some heat shrink + heat gun.

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[adio 5,000+ posts]

want pics?

no:crap:

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

I still don't get the whole heat shrink/soldering thang.

I know it makes it look cleaner, but I use nothing but butt connectors and have always been fine and then ziptie the wires up and of course use electrical tape. Not like you are going to see the ish! Now maybe I could see in the trunk to the amps, but really is it not about just looks? Maybe I am wrong, but seems silly to me.

I just don't get it as it would take so much longer.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Not like you are going to see the ish!

Unless you're in IASCA //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

The idea is that you're not as reliant on a crimped connection (actually two, with a butt) with a properly soldered splice, and heatshrinking it provides a better measure of insulation than if the butt connector becomes loose.

But I like those insulated barrier strips I linked to earlier...much easier to change things in the future, and still very secure.

But really, anything would have been better than packing tape and dreams.

 

[adio 5,000+ posts]

I still don't get the whole heat shrink/soldering thang.
I know it makes it look cleaner, but I use nothing but butt connectors and have always been fine and then ziptie the wires up and of course use electrical tape. Not like you are going to see the ish! Now maybe I could see in the trunk to the amps, but really is it not about just looks? Maybe I am wrong, but seems silly to me.

I just don't get it as it would take so much longer.

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