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I am wanting to hook up alot of gauges in my car. They obviously need power to work. Is their a plug you can buy that on one side power comes in, then off the other side you can have like 5 wires feeding off the wire on the other side. I went to jaycar and they dont have anything like it. Anyone got pics or links?
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Just have one coming in and solder 5 coming out together and hey presto...
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Steer well clear of the scotchlock(?) connectors. They are an insulation displacement connection and have no place in a car.
As Hingo said, solder and heatshrink is the go.
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Just doesnt seem like the right way to have 5 wires soldered onto 1?
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Originally Posted by MonstaS4
Steer well clear of the scotchlock(?) connectors. They are an insulation displacement connection and have no place in a car.
As Hingo said, solder and heatshrink is the go.
Is that the long connector thingo? Or the ones electrians use?
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Originally Posted by sohc2
Just doesnt seem like the right way to have 5 wires soldered onto 1?
why not?factory looms have 5 wires soldered into one.......
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just make sure the single feed wire can handle the load of the 5 wires coming off it. it will be fine.
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Just tap straight into pink (pretty sure its pink) accesories wire from the ignition barrell
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Originally Posted by sohc2
Just doesnt seem like the right way to have 5 wires soldered onto 1?
How does that make any difference to using a '5 way distribution'?
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brown is accesories,pink is ignition.
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15-03-08, 19:58 GMT+10#10 just grab a distribution block from repco (around $15). they're fused aswell and can be secured to the car
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16-03-08, 08:28 GMT+10#11 yeh be carefull with those, i bought one a while back and when it was mounted it shorted out. i would put some sort of gasket under it so it will never short out. well thats if you mount it to metal.....
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16-03-08, 09:55 GMT+10#12 Instead of having 5 wires coming off the one gauge I'd just loop in between each one just so you don't have messy, or crowded connections. Even better still, a terminal block would be a lot better. Neater again and more simple.
Scotchlocks are mostly used for data/phone cabling. I wouldn't use them, and I doubt 1mm-1.5mm wire would even fit into the ends of them anyway.
Tube or tunnel connections are the best for joining wires in a car. Make sure your using the right sizes and make sure your crimper is decent quality.
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