Electrical Connectors

[Ron J]

I'm considering using Weather pack for some of my connection lights, ect. has anybody ever used these before? The look like they'll make some nice neat connections.

http://www.diyautotune.com/catalog/460-piece-weather-pack-kit-p-379.html?osCsid=5fa51bb6bbfaf87009c77cd165fc08e6

[Jim Harding]

Ron, if you're making connections that have to be plugged and unplugged, then the weather pack stuff is hard to beat. But if you just have to join two wires together, like connecting a light socket to the vehicle wiring harness, then the weather pack stuff is overkill. Just buy some uninsulated barrel connectors of the appropriate wire gauge, some good quality shrink tubing, and solder the wires together using the barrel connectors, and seal it with the shrink tubing (if you have trouble finding uninsulated ones, you can use the insulated ones, by removing the insulating sleeve. I've done this for years and never had a failed connection or one that broke due to corrosion.

[Ron J]

Thanks for the reply Jim!