I was a bit shocked to see my new bumper lighting kit from a very respected off-road manufacturer included these as part of the installation kit.Īgain, never use these. The third is that, over time, these connectors can continue to cut away at individual wire strands and further weaken the original circuit into which you are splicing. This reduces the number of strands that are capable of carrying the electrical load of the system and can cause heating in the wires, or failure of the connection. The second problem is that they often cut individual wire strands in the original wire upon installation.
This leads to corrosion of the wire and, over time, poor connection to whatever you are attempting to splice in. Having said that, there are several problems with these connectors - the first being that they destroy the weatherproofing of the wiring jacket and do nothing to replace that seal.
I don't often say never, and I could be convinced that there are emergency situations where this would be appropriate, but I'm not aware of any. Let's start off with a few "Dont's" of vehicle wiring: I'm not sure if this is already covered here, but I'm going to break this down in a few posts as I continue modifying my Tacoma. If you are willing to invest a little extra effort into your wiring efforts, I'll take you through what I have found to be the best wiring methods to ensure a secure and reliable wiring system. If that is not of concern to you, go right ahead and do whatever you think is best. I will readily admit that I am a bit dogmatic about wiring systems and making sure they are rock-solid.
#Using quick splice connectors manuals#
Poor practices in adding/modifying vehicle wiring systems is a pet peeve of mine and I see it quite frequently in do-it-yourself articles as well as instruction manuals from respected off-road manufacturers.
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