Sealing off live wire ends?

[Guest]

What's the best way to seal off the ends of any live wires I've got in my harness?

Pictures please.

Paul

[tkent02]

I use heat shrink tube, leave 3/16 inch or so past the end of the wire, pinch it together with pliers while the shrink is still hot. Sorry no pics.

[Steve]

If you don't have any heat-shrink tubing, you can use a crimp-on connector.

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[tkent02]

They make smoos for this too.

Like a dead end crimp connector that looks like a smoo.

[almarconi]

What does a smoo look like

What is a smoo anyway?

[Guest]

What's smoo with you?

[almarconi]

From the urban dictionary:

Smoo
Another synonym for ****** derived from an old-school Nokia autocorrect for the word 'Poon'.

Groovin' the smoo!

smoo
The female sex organ we spend 9 months trying to get out of and most men spend the rest of their lives trying to get back into.

Her smoo smelled of fish.

[tkent02]

Sorry, spelled it wrong.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shmoo

[bluewool]

heatshrink. preferably with adhesive 3m style - it rains a lot here.

Crimp caps work too

[tkent02]

heatshrink. preferably with adhesive 3m style - it rains a lot here.

Crimp caps work too

These are the Shmoos I was refering to.

[bluewool]

These are the Shmoos I was refering to.

Never heard that term.



ahh makes sense.

[tkent02]

That's what they called them when I worked at Boeing. I thought everyone called them that. Maybe not.

[almarconi]

I think I like smoo's better anyway

[Guest]

Ssssh, it's smoo season...

[Toasty]

I use heat shrink tube, leave 3/16 inch or so past the end of the wire, pinch it together with pliers while the shrink is still hot. Sorry no pics.

I do this except I fold the longer piece over, then slip a slightly larger diameter piece of heat shrink over the fold and shrink it all together. If its the glue sealing type that's even better.