"Bill Daniels" bildan@comcast-dot-net wrote in message
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"RST Engineering" wrote in message
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Join-solder the wires to the main cable with shrink over them, then shrink
over the both wires, then a large shrink over the whole mess. A large dab of
RTV at the center of the junction before you shrink, then the shrink will
force the RTV into any voids in the junction.

Jim

Damn, RTV inside the shrink! Why didn't I think of that.

Jim, please explain that again step by step. Which layers of shrink does the
RTV go between? I'm thinking of glider trailer wiring.

You can also buy a special shrink tubing that has a temperature sensitive
adhesive inside. As you shrink the tubing, the adhesive melts around the cable
and all is stuck together. Not a flexible as regular shrink, but great for
outside applications such as antenna connectors, or glider trailers.

There is also another specialized (but not cheap) shrink tubing called cold
shrink. Think of a very wide pre-stretched rubber band. This stuff comes
stretched around a core of spiral plastic. You put the tubing over the
connection you want to seal, and then pull out the spiral core and watch the
tubing immediately shrink around your joint. Not for headsets!

Vaughn

Vaughn





Bill Daniels