Wire Splicing

metron9

I am using one wall wart to power 6 led circuits. I have 6 10' DC jack wires so 6 positive and 6 negative. I need to connect them to the positive and negative wires comming from the wall wart.

I am stripping the wires connecting them all and soldering then using shrink wrap to cover each 1 to 6 wires and then a larger shrink wrap to cover the 2from the wall wart and 12 wires out.

Is there a better way using a crimp connector+solder for this many wires or is the method I am using just fine?

I thought about making a thin 1/4" inch x 1" two rail circuit board to solder all wires too and then shrink that to the wires.

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Think outside the BOX!

Chris Savage

Barrier Terminal Strips come to mind when trying to buss power out to multiple places from a single source.

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Chris Savage
Parallax Tech Support

metron9

The problem with Terminal Strips is they have to be attached to something, put in a box and I want to avoid the expense of the box, circuit boards, connectors all of that. It is only 5V regulated supply. I hve a design that uses a foot switch where 6 lines come out and a wart plugs into a DC jack. It adds too much to the bottom line for cost.

I have read what I am doing works well though.

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Think outside the BOX!

steve_b

If it works it's ok....but if you have to work on it, will it be easy?

That's how my boss asks me to put things together! "Looks like it'll do the job....how will you fix it when it breaks...?" hehe As always, a bit of extra time filling in the 'short cuts' will make things easier down the road!

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Steve

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PJAllen

You can get some small wire-nuts.