Being a professional electrician I know how corrosion can effect continuity in a circuit. With electronic devices it also can add additional resistance. Some electronic circuitry depends on a specific amount of resistance and adding any can effect the circuit adversley. I prefer using the crimps made for outdoor exposure which have the heat shrink on them as well as a silicone grease in them which is specifically designed to withstand the heat used to shrink the tube down. Make sure you get the correct sized butt connector for the size wire you are using and use the correct point on your crimpers designed for insulated wires.

 

well nice to meet you mike I am out of local 702 west frankfort illinois journeyman inside wireman

 

I did it last night, seemed to work. The signals work i mean. In fact i tried to pull one off of one end and couldnt. AFter crimping the butt connector i grabbed one end of the wire and pulled as hard as i could over and over and it wouldnt come out, i had to cut it off, i think im good to go. Thanks guys.

 

Great meeting you as well!!! Hows work out your way? Things are very slow here. Heard about the Lasalle Nuke shutdown coming up next month?

 

Sounds good salt, seems like you;ve got her licked....

 

its horrible out of 300 inside wiremen there are 131 on book one and no hope in site . there is a 2.6 billion dollar power plant project breaking ground this spring but you know as well as I do it will still be 6-12 months before there are any significant manpower on the job . there are no commercial jobs happening at all and all the manufacturing plants are laying off and reducing expansion .I have been running a small shop residential and light commercial stuff and that has just about come to an end. I have bid one commercial job since october.

 

Hey guys - no HiJack.

Please use the PM for chat.

 

my fault sorry I wasnt thinking.

 

hijack away! i got my problem fixed thanks guys!!