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Blt2rok

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I'm looking to clean up my wiring. How do y'all daisy chain multiple drops along a wiring run, like rock lights for example. Butt connector with 2 wires in one side and 1 wire on the other, those bell looking connectors with everything shoved up in it?
 
blakes said:
Are you serious?
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Yes I am. Do you ask questions you don't really care if you get an answer for? Maybe I've missed this solution my whole life. How will I know if I don't ask?
 
blakes said:
Are you talking about on a rig? Using normal automotive stranded wire?
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Yes. How do you do it? I'm sure there are better ways then what I listed. I'm not fully sold on the wago connectors yet.
 
Blt2rok said:
Yes. How do you do it? I'm sure there are better ways then what I listed. I'm not fully sold on the wago connectors yet.
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Man I don't know for sure, but I think wago is only for solid core wire like is what in your house.

I think you could watch a couple of YouTube videos and make your own decision...

I've wired up a lot of rigs and done is so many wrong and right ways.

It depends...
 
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Parallel splices - either closed or open barrel - are my preferred method. They're like an "uninsulated barrel splice" but without the indent in the middle, so you can slide wires all the way through and mix varying gauges easily:



 
With higher current circuits I use an isolated stud at each branch. Used to be lots of 70's GM part donors for these in the JY's not so much any more.
This is a previous project, the 8 ga. is on a 60A breaker and always hot. The isolated stud is from the firewall of a square body GM truck. The two studs are not electrically common. This runs the P4070 fuel pump. Eventually the 8 ga. will get run clear to the rear bumper where it will terminate at another isolated stud (from a GM car with only one stud). Like this one.
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HTH!

(Yes, that frame is galvanized!)

[EDIT] Forgot to add that the reason for the two suds instead of a single stud and a butt-splice is that eventually there was to be a high pressure EFI inline pump in the system and using the second stud would make adding it very easy.[/]
 
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Adhesive lined heat shrink over your 2 to 1 splice should be enough for most. I always dab a little dielectric grease between the two parallel wires before heat shrink just to seal up the possible water intrusion point between the wires.

If you really really want to not fuck around, I've used the bussed connectors from deutsch/amphenol in the past, they make them in multiple circuit, multiple configuration options. They're expensive, so I've typically only used them in areas exposed to road spray on a daily driver, but they will probably be the best sealed option available.
 
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