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Subject:Re: Heat shrink connectors with solder ring in the middle. Tried 'em
From:KIM BRENNAN
Date:Sun, 19 May 2019 23:04:31 -0400

BTW, it helps if you have a real heat gun, not just a hair dryer or soldering gun. 

> On May 19, 2019, at 11:03 PM, KIM BRENNAN <kimbrennan@mac.com> wrote:
> 
> Try https://www.amazon.com/Solder-Seal-Sopoby-Shrink-Connector/dp/B01LXYM03A <https://www.amazon.com/Solder-Seal-Sopoby-Shrink-Connector/dp/B01LXYM03A>
> 
>> On May 19, 2019, at 10:58 PM, David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>> 
>> Jim, the link provided opens to a shopping cart at Amazon.
>> 
>> On Sun, May 19, 2019 at 6:59 PM Jim. Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> I think by now everyone has seen online ads for those clear, heat shrink
>>> connectors that have a ring of low temperature solder in the center. You
>>> stick both bare ends of the wire into the ends of the connectors and shrink
>>> it with a torch. The heat shrinks the tubing and melts the solder more or
>>> less simultaneously.
>>> 
>>> I ordered a small set to see if they actually worked or not. They did work
>>> as advertised. I ordered a bunch more from Amazon, which is a better place
>>> to buy them from.
>>> 
>>> <
>>> 
>>> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07K81XGHP?aaxitk=wsdismF8LhUmy8igUy3pFw&pd_rd_i=B07K81XGHP&pf_rd_p=3fade48a-e699-4c96-bf08-bb772ac0e242&hsa_cr_id=5029917940301&sb-ci-n=asinImage&sb-ci-v=https%3A%2F%2Fimages-na.ssl-images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F61E9jeL3SNL.jpg&sb-ci-a=B07K81XGHP
>>>> 
>>> for instance.
>>> 
>>> Jim
>>>