my profile | directory login | register | faq | forum home » Termpro Audio Forum » Our Archives » General Audio (2002-2005 Archives) » anywhere to buy 4ga crimps? UBBFriend: Email this page to someone!     Author Topic: anywhere to buy 4ga crimps? aznboi986 Senior Member Member # 13093 posted                     I need some crimps for my 4ga power wire...if they exist...or unless i can just use electrical tape to bind my 2 pieces of 4ga wire...but i that doesnt exactly seem safe... Posts: 1056 | From: Katy,TX | Registered: Jul 2003  |  IP: Logged |  Empire Audio-Mike Senior Member Member # 13368 posted                     You want butt splices? -------------------- Just some thoughts from a nobody. Posts: 3492 | From: Lakewood,Ohio | Registered: Aug 2003  |  IP: Logged |  MSIGuy Senior Member Member # 17286 posted                     Your best bet is probally soldering them together. Or they make connectors for splicing. I think Stinger makes some? http://www.audiooutfitter.com/store/YVBC4.html?id=CUwJ46m2 Here is the ones that Stinger makes. They look like a pretty solid connection. http://www.cardomain.com/item/STISCOUP4 -------------------- North Dakota MECA Event Director Posts: 622 | From: Bismarck, North Dakota | Registered: May 2005  |  IP: Logged |  aznboi986 Senior Member Member # 13093 posted                     thanks!! Posts: 1056 | From: Katy,TX | Registered: Jul 2003  |  IP: Logged |  MSIGuy Senior Member Member # 17286 posted                     No problem. Another option would have been a distro block, 4 in 4 out, would work just like the stinger thing. But with that stinger thing, make sure you put some good heat shrink around it so it doesn't conduct. -------------------- North Dakota MECA Event Director Posts: 622 | From: Bismarck, North Dakota | Registered: May 2005  |  IP: Logged |  aznboi986 Senior Member Member # 13093 posted                     will do...ill prolly go out to cartoys to see if they have them...which is what i shoulda done in the first place...but i hate driving that far. if not, ill order em off cardomain. Posts: 1056 | From: Katy,TX | Registered: Jul 2003  |  IP: Logged |  MSIGuy Senior Member Member # 17286 posted                     I've seen them in places before, but they've usually been $20 or more for one of them! That's just a ripoff. -------------------- North Dakota MECA Event Director Posts: 622 | From: Bismarck, North Dakota | Registered: May 2005  |  IP: Logged |  xtremesplokc Senior Member Member # 15210 posted                     umm soldering?? less resistance than any connector def the most solid connection, get some large diameter heat shrink from your local home depot or lowes strip the wires a good distance back and use a mini torch to solder them. the mini torches seem to work better on larger wire than a regular soldering iron (gets the joint hotter all the way through so it sucks the solder right in) than just slide the heat shrink over the joint and use the torch to heat it from an appropriate distance. much cheaper than a stupid connector, better electrical conductivity, much more attractive -------------------- Lemme get this straight... Your Honda Civic has 1.6 L whereas my bottle of Mountain Dew has 2? My SD Page (Freshly updated 1-25-06) http://members.sounddomain.com/xtremesplokc Posts: 629 | From: OKC, OK | Registered: May 2004  |  IP: Logged |  Tempe Senior Member Member # 5516 posted                       Home Depot has one for I think $5 or $6. IIRC you put an end of your cable in each end of this and I think there is a set screw for each side. It comes with a fat tube of heat-shrink. Tempe -------------------- Please check out the following links: --My 1998 Ford Ranger Supercab --My Car Audio Bible!!! Posts: 13968 | From: Tempe, AZ | Registered: Jul 2001  |  IP: Logged |  Printer-friendly view of this topic Hop To: Select a Forum:   Category: General Interest -------------------- General Audio Term-LAB News and Announcements It could only happen to me! 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