Info:
http://blog.inventables.com/2015/05/new-product-solder-sleeves.html
Product:
https://www.inventables.com/technologies/solder-sleeves#30515-03
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Brilliant. I tip my hat to the inventor.
@ Pete - Very nice stuff, thanks for the links …
Interesting, I can think of a few cases where these would be useful. My first thought, however, is that someone who needs to join wires together also needs to learn to solder.
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Although I’ve never used this particular type of joiner I thought this type of system has been available for years. Many years ago we were using sleeves made by Raychem for braided cables which used this system to give you a flying lead soldered onto the braid. It made for a very tidy termination.
Many years ago when I was joining wires for a living, we used scotchlocks for small gauge wire.
Yeah.
Where these differ from past approaches is:
- Built in solder bead
- Built in hot glue to physically join both wire jackets
- Built in heat shrink.
End result is waterproof, even.
We all know how to solder. I dislike joining wires, though, because it’s fiddly. These look nice and quick.
I could have used these when I was building the raspberry pi demo for our Build tour. I had to join a lot of kitchen LED lamps to longer wires to make them something you could hold up on stage. It wasn’t hard, it was just time consuming.
Pete
I like these for crimp-style: http://www.amazon.com/Splice-Connector-Port-Connectors-Yellow/dp/B004UYTWJW (cheap, easy, small, and gel-filled)
We discussed NASA’s standard for splicing wire long ago here: http://makezine.com/2012/02/28/how-to-splice-wire-to-nasa-standards/
I like these, though. Very slick. Quite reasonably priced, too.
@ Pete Brown - WANT!!!
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I know how to solder, and I want these b/c there are many times when I don’t want to mess with my iron and solder. And as Pete points out, the fact that the resulting joint is waterproof is a nice bonus.