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[iainb]

How many wires will the connector have (male & female)?
Does it need tobe water proof ?

[Omegatoy]

take a trip down the scrappy and cut off the ones you want both male and female!! or find someone breaking a motor ??

This is for the bike  

male/female leccy connectors for the rear light cluster are all corroded.

yep knew that but there are hundreds of cars with any number of different sized connectors so you could get the one you need easily be it 3 owre 4 wire or 10 wire!! all of which will handle brake lights and indicator voltages easily

[tunnie]

take a trip down the scrappy and cut off the ones you want both male and female!! or find someone breaking a motor ??

This is for the bike  

male/female leccy connectors for the rear light cluster are all corroded.

yep knew that but there are hundreds of cars with any number of different sized connectors so you could get the one you need easily be it 3 owre 4 wire or 10 wire!! all of which will handle brake lights and indicator voltages easily

Thats true, did not think about that.... off to the scrappy then

[tunnie]

right fixed it!

I decided not to use connectors, as i don't have the crimping tools to make the metal connections which actually go in multi-plugs.

So i decided to hard wire, i used long lengths which allows me to put the light cluster on the ground when replacing blubs!

It actually came out quite well, was surprised by my soldering skills, wrapped it all up in insulation tape, did the same thing for the number plate light, so its all working again 

[TheBoy]

right fixed it!

I decided not to use connectors, as i don't have the crimping tools to make the metal connections which actually go in multi-plugs.

So i decided to hard wire, i used long lengths which allows me to put the light cluster on the ground when replacing blubs!

It actually came out quite well, was surprised by my soldering skills, wrapped it all up in insulation tape, did the same thing for the number plate light, so its all working again 

oh dear, oh dear, oh dear 

[tunnie]

right fixed it!

I decided not to use connectors, as i don't have the crimping tools to make the metal connections which actually go in multi-plugs.

So i decided to hard wire, i used long lengths which allows me to put the light cluster on the ground when replacing blubs!

It actually came out quite well, was surprised by my soldering skills, wrapped it all up in insulation tape, did the same thing for the number plate light, so its all working again 

oh dear, oh dear, oh dear 

I had heat shrink, but nothing to hear it with 

[Andy B]

right fixed it!

I decided not to use connectors, as i don't have the crimping tools to make the metal connections which actually go in multi-plugs.

So i decided to hard wire, i used long lengths which allows me to put the light cluster on the ground when replacing blubs!

It actually came out quite well, was surprised by my soldering skills, wrapped it all up in insulation tape, did the same thing for the number plate light, so its all working again 

oh dear, oh dear, oh dear 

I had heat shrink, but nothing to hear it with 

A lighter does the trick if you're stuck, you have to be very careful though. 

[TheBoy]

right fixed it!

I decided not to use connectors, as i don't have the crimping tools to make the metal connections which actually go in multi-plugs.

So i decided to hard wire, i used long lengths which allows me to put the light cluster on the ground when replacing blubs!

It actually came out quite well, was surprised by my soldering skills, wrapped it all up in insulation tape, did the same thing for the number plate light, so its all working again 

oh dear, oh dear, oh dear 

I had heat shrink, but nothing to hear it with 

Your mum's hairdyer....

[tunnie]

right fixed it!

I decided not to use connectors, as i don't have the crimping tools to make the metal connections which actually go in multi-plugs.

So i decided to hard wire, i used long lengths which allows me to put the light cluster on the ground when replacing blubs!

It actually came out quite well, was surprised by my soldering skills, wrapped it all up in insulation tape, did the same thing for the number plate light, so its all working again 

oh dear, oh dear, oh dear 

I had heat shrink, but nothing to hear it with 

Your mum's hairdyer....

At the end of the day why is heat shrink so much better than insulation tape??

[Andy B]

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At the end of the day why is heat shrink so much better than insulation tape??

It's not if you don't have a free end of wire/cable to slip it over! 

[Vamps]

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At the end of the day why is heat shrink so much better than insulation tape??

It's not if you don't have a free end of wire/cable to slip it over! 

Just make sure you slip it on before joining the wires together..

[TheBoy]

right fixed it!

I decided not to use connectors, as i don't have the crimping tools to make the metal connections which actually go in multi-plugs.

So i decided to hard wire, i used long lengths which allows me to put the light cluster on the ground when replacing blubs!

It actually came out quite well, was surprised by my soldering skills, wrapped it all up in insulation tape, did the same thing for the number plate light, so its all working again 

oh dear, oh dear, oh dear 

I had heat shrink, but nothing to hear it with 

Your mum's hairdyer....

At the end of the day why is heat shrink so much better than insulation tape??

In the case of where yours is, its more splashproof for a start

[VXL V6]

right fixed it!

I decided not to use connectors, as i don't have the crimping tools to make the metal connections which actually go in multi-plugs.

So i decided to hard wire, i used long lengths which allows me to put the light cluster on the ground when replacing blubs!

It actually came out quite well, was surprised by my soldering skills, wrapped it all up in insulation tape, did the same thing for the number plate light, so its all working again 

oh dear, oh dear, oh dear 

I had heat shrink, but nothing to hear it with 

I tend to use the soldering iron 

[tunnie]

right fixed it!

I decided not to use connectors, as i don't have the crimping tools to make the metal connections which actually go in multi-plugs.

So i decided to hard wire, i used long lengths which allows me to put the light cluster on the ground when replacing blubs!

It actually came out quite well, was surprised by my soldering skills, wrapped it all up in insulation tape, did the same thing for the number plate light, so its all working again 

oh dear, oh dear, oh dear 

I had heat shrink, but nothing to hear it with 

Your mum's hairdyer....

At the end of the day why is heat shrink so much better than insulation tape??

In the case of where yours is, its more splashproof for a start

I wrapped up each cable after i soldered them together, then wrapped both together, i continued it up the main cable. I also used an old wire from a soldering iron! The tip was broke so i cut off its power cord, and used that to extend the wiring.

[Kevin Wood]

I wrapped up each cable after i soldered them together, then wrapped both together, i continued it up the main cable. I also used an old wire from a soldering iron! The tip was broke so i cut off its power cord, and used that to extend the wiring.

Beats buying a new tip any day. 

Kevin