First, JB Weld does not conduct electricity so we are not using JB Weld to establish the electrical connection between two wires but instead we are using JB Weld to secure the connection against tugs, pulls, pushes, etc.
I haven't tried this yet and I never thought of it this way until I struggled mightily to use a crimping tool in a tight space under the hood of my car to fix a wire that a rodent ate through.
I used butt connectors and eventually got the job done but it could have been catastrophic because I had very little wire to work with. Had I destroyed the little bit of wiring I had to work with I would have had to replaced the entire wiring harness at major expense and a lot of extra work.
Anyways, as I pondered this and watched Youtube videos about soldering (I could NOT have soldered in my case,) it occurred to me that I could have just established the connection by twisting the wires together and then applying JB Weld to hold it together permanently.
Soldering does two things: strengthens a connection, and securing that connection. In many cases, these automotive wires carry very low voltages, so the reinforcement function of soldering isn't necessary, we just need it to physically secure the connection. JB Weld should do that just fine.
Has anyone ever done this?
For next time, I probably will do something like this.
I haven't tried this yet and I never thought of it this way until I struggled mightily to use a crimping tool in a tight space under the hood of my car to fix a wire that a rodent ate through.
I used butt connectors and eventually got the job done but it could have been catastrophic because I had very little wire to work with. Had I destroyed the little bit of wiring I had to work with I would have had to replaced the entire wiring harness at major expense and a lot of extra work.
Anyways, as I pondered this and watched Youtube videos about soldering (I could NOT have soldered in my case,) it occurred to me that I could have just established the connection by twisting the wires together and then applying JB Weld to hold it together permanently.
Soldering does two things: strengthens a connection, and securing that connection. In many cases, these automotive wires carry very low voltages, so the reinforcement function of soldering isn't necessary, we just need it to physically secure the connection. JB Weld should do that just fine.
Has anyone ever done this?
For next time, I probably will do something like this.
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