I want to route wires from a Shimano Flight Deck through the cable holes on an FSA K Wing carbon bar. The one hesitation I have is that I'll have to cut the wires and splice them back together again as both ends are connected to either the computer mount or the controls. I thought about using Butt Connectors and then pushing the spliced and taped portion of the wire back into the bar (out of sight). One problem: I haven't done wire splicing since I was a kid, especially with an expensive Flight Deck. Is it as simple as it sounds: Cut the wire, do the necessary routing, strip both ends, feed the ends into a butt connector, crimp, and tape up with electrical tape? Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Don't crimp but solder low current applications where corrosion may be a problem. Note that after enough time even solder may corrode enough to disturb critical applications. Activated rosin solder joints are considered in some applications to require replacement after 120 months. Been there. Got the t-shirt. Wore it out. Don't wanna 'nother.
"8cht" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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I want to route wires from a Shimano Flight Deck through the cable holes on an FSA K Wing carbon bar. The one hesitation I have is that I'll have to cut the wires and splice them back together again as both ends are connected to either the computer mount or the controls. I thought about using Butt Connectors and then pushing the spliced and taped portion of the wire back into the bar (out of sight). One problem: I haven't done wire splicing since I was a kid, especially with an expensive Flight Deck. Is it as simple as it sounds: Cut the wire, do the necessary routing, strip both ends, feed the ends into a butt connector, crimp, and tape up with electrical tape? Any advice is greatly appreciated.
"Doug Huffman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...
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Don't crimp but solder low current applications where corrosion may be a problem. Note that after enough time even solder may corrode enough to disturb critical applications. Activated rosin solder joints are considered in some applications to require replacement after 120 months. Been there. Got the t-shirt. Wore it out. Don't wanna 'nother.
Be very careful. The "wire" may actually be two, arranged coaxially. These can be very tough to strip, splice or solder successfully. Not impossible, but close.
I've never worked with a Flightdeck computer, but Cateye wires are arranged this way. Avocet computers are parallel conductors and thus much easier to work with.
