Sometimes I get audio or power equipment with damaged wiring or wiring with a damaged heat shrink tube around a wire or a socket.
The obvious solution is to put in new wiring.
However sometimes this is very impractical or even impossible. Is there any product that can be used to repair a damaged heat shrink tube?
For large coax cables I have used self-vulcanizing rubber tape in the past, so perhaps something like this exists for thin wires?
Regards, Gerrit
The obvious solution is to put in new wiring.
However sometimes this is very impractical or even impossible. Is there any product that can be used to repair a damaged heat shrink tube?
For large coax cables I have used self-vulcanizing rubber tape in the past, so perhaps something like this exists for thin wires?
Regards, Gerrit
Self vulcanizing tape was the first thing which came to my mind. Use small pieces, pre-stretch it, cut off the unstretched excess. Use point nose pliers and tweezers to wrap it around the wire. It is not as neat as the original heat shrink tube.
Liquid Electrical Tape:
https://www.permatex.com/products/a...ves-removers/permatex-liquid-electrical-tape/
1117 volts /mil dielectric strength, typical application of 6.3 mils. Two coats 10 minutes apart.
https://www.permatex.com/products/a...ves-removers/permatex-liquid-electrical-tape/
1117 volts /mil dielectric strength, typical application of 6.3 mils. Two coats 10 minutes apart.
Liquid electrical tape is great.
There's also the trick of slitting heat shrink to place over the joint and supergluing the cut edges back together before applying heat, but that only works in certain situations.
There's also the trick of slitting heat shrink to place over the joint and supergluing the cut edges back together before applying heat, but that only works in certain situations.