How to do a Basic Wire Splice

krazykuda said

Even with heat shrink tubing, I still like to cover it with electrical tape for extra piece of mind. I like to cover it with at least 3 layers or more of tape.

Here's me starting to tape the wire. Make sure that you completely cover all of the shrink wrap and a little extra on each end.

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Here it is with three or four layers of tape over the heat shrink. This puppy should be well insulated and not ground out by now.

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Here is a bundle of wires that I have spliced on my son's car. After you get all of the wires spliced, then I like to wrap them up like the factory. I use a few pieces of tape along the wires to keep them together while I run tape along the full length of the wires.

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Here is the bundle all taped up:

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In case you are curious about what we are working on, it's my oldest son's 72 Challenger Ralley. It's an original triple black car - black paint, black vinyl top, and black interior, 318 car with R/T hood, console, buckets, and ralley dash. The engine is the original 318, freshly rebuilt and we put 360 heads with 2.02" intake valves. My brother bought it from someone that we knew back in high school that was the second owner. He drove it a while, and then sold it to me. Then I drove it for a while, then sold it back to my brother. He has now handed it down to my son. It has just under 100 k miles on it.

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Now you know how to properly splice electrical wiring. Good luck with your projects. I hope that this will help you if you need to splice any wires.

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can`t believe some one would need to be told this!