electrical/stereo questions...

[jim rose]

The reasonable best connection is some type of high quality butt connector. 
preferably seamless, with a good quality insulator. Not plastic, they crack, 
but vynil (heavier and flexible) are ok. even better is a connector with a 
heatshrink insulator. A good source is AMP, i believe it's short for 
ampliversal. they are an industrial and aircraft supply place.  If not, go 
to any good hardware store any you should be able to get good butt 
connectors. of course, i'm a little anal about hardware.

use a good quality crimp tool. Klein makes a nice one for about 25 bucks.  
crimp jaws should look like  }}, not ()

twisting, Soldering and heatshrinking is an excellent connection, and should 
be considered in very critical connections. thought its a bit of overkill.

twist caps wont do in a buzzy, vibrating environ like a car. ok in a house 
with thick, single strand wire. multi strand spkr wire wont hold together. 
itll come loose and short out. you want a solid mechanical as well as 
electrical connection.

t-taps, those little plastic "add a wire to a wire" connectoers are famous 
for failing.

another tip: if you are running a wire to the battery, install a fused link 
as close to the batt as possible. like within 2 feet. should that wire 
ground out upstream (friction, accident, etc...) it's a big fat short. 
sometimes fire.

hope that helps...

jim

>From: Gerard <gerard at poboxes.com>
>To: james accordino <ssgacc at yahoo.com>
>CC: audi list <quattro at audifans.com>
>Subject: Re: electrical/stereo questions...
>Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 12:26:00 +0200
>
>So what is the proper way to do all this connection stuff? Solder it all
>down/together? Crimp it together?
>
>G.
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