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I am in the process of wiring some turnouts on my layout and am using four strand telephone wire to power them. At times I found it necessaryto splice these wires together. Since they are about a # 16 or #18 wire guage, I soldered the splices and taped the splices to insulate them from each other. I then arrived at the Idea to take the insulation from #12 or #14 household wire and use it instead of electrical tape. Before I twisted this insulation over each wire strand I would brush on some Instant Glue and this would hold the 'household' insulation in place.
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Good tip, telephone wire is small enough to do this. I've always used shrink tubing for this type of splice, but this sounds a lot easier than getting the old heat gun out.
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Interesting idea. Thanks.
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