Marine Electrical Wire Splicing

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Marine electrical wire splicing.

From 3 way butt splices to 3 8 ring terminals everything you need to rewire your boat here. Butt splices are used to join two wires or cables together in a secure and reliable manner. Copper butt splices are made from tinned copper and feature color coded die markings showing the correct crimp locations and crimp die. Twist it clockwise a few turns to add rigidity.

Make sure you have not cut into wires with strippers then cut the wire squarely and neatly at the end using diagonal cutters dykes or the cutter on your strippers. These wiring kits contain everything needed for a variety of maritime wiring project and feature connectors disconnects shrink tubing wire ties and various tools to keep any craft s electrical system seaworthy. Ideal for the do it yourselfer who needs to replac. The method demonstrated here is the correct way to splice electrical wires using ul approved wire connectors joined inside an approved electrical box.

The junction boxes must be large enough to contain the number of wires and size of the spliced wires. Insert the wire into the connector so the insulation butts against the metal crimp barrel. The process of splicing electrical wires is to safely join the wires in a junction box using approved methods. Improvement wiring and repair john c.

Splices must be made in approved junction boxes in compliance with the nec national electrical code. With that said there are a lot of great resources that you can purchase from your favorite book store like don casey s sailboat electrical systems. Splicing wires using various tools and methods discussing pros and cons. Boatus magazine s mark corke teaches you how to use butt connectors to safely join two wires on your boat.

Done correctly utilizing the proper tools crimping is extremely reliable. Beyn s the 12 volt doctor s practical handbook so you really can learn to complete some simple. This is the method approved by the national electrical code nec. Boaters and marine technicians can upgrade any boat s wiring system with our extremely popular marine electrical kits.

These connectors can be the familiar twist on wire nuts or newer style push fit connectors. Marine wire termination crimping is a form of wire termination used the world over and is the number one method used. Using soldering iron how to crimp butt connectors. Do not crimp at the ends of the connector.