Hello,
In most of my electronic projects, I have soldered wires together, covering them with heat-shrink afterwards. Recently, I also found out that there are heat-shrink self solder splice connectors (example), as well.
My questions are mostly regarding the reliability of splicing methods, electrically and mechanically. Is higher resistance in the spliced section the only electrical problem created by splicing? Is this worse than introducing a connector along the way? Is it possible to crimp wires together instead of splicing with solder, and is it any better?
Someone might have a good article or manual regarding this, all I found was this video, with instructions for splicing to Nasa standards:
In most of my electronic projects, I have soldered wires together, covering them with heat-shrink afterwards. Recently, I also found out that there are heat-shrink self solder splice connectors (example), as well.
My questions are mostly regarding the reliability of splicing methods, electrically and mechanically. Is higher resistance in the spliced section the only electrical problem created by splicing? Is this worse than introducing a connector along the way? Is it possible to crimp wires together instead of splicing with solder, and is it any better?
Someone might have a good article or manual regarding this, all I found was this video, with instructions for splicing to Nasa standards: