Marine Electrical Wire Splicing

Make sure you have not cut into wires with strippers then cut the wire squarely and neatly at the end using diagonal cutters dykes or the cutter on your strippers.

Marine electrical wire splicing. Payne s marine electrical bible and edgar j. This is the method approved by the national electrical code nec. The method demonstrated here is the correct way to splice electrical wires using ul approved wire connectors joined inside an approved electrical box. Do not crimp at the ends of the connector.

With that said there are a lot of great resources that you can purchase from your favorite book store like don casey s sailboat electrical systems. The process of splicing electrical wires is to safely join the wires in a junction box using approved methods. Hard to find quality connectors and terminals for boat re wires. Improvement wiring and repair john c.

Boaters and marine technicians can upgrade any boat s wiring system with our extremely popular marine electrical kits. Butt splices are used to join two wires or cables together in a secure and reliable manner. The junction boxes must be large enough to contain the number of wires and size of the spliced wires. These wiring kits contain everything needed for a variety of maritime wiring project and feature connectors disconnects shrink tubing wire ties and various tools to keep any craft s electrical system seaworthy.

From 3 way butt splices to 3 8 ring terminals everything you need to rewire your boat here. Using soldering iron how to crimp butt connectors. Crimping strive to make a double crimp. Insert the wire into the connector so the insulation butts against the metal crimp barrel.

Done correctly utilizing the proper tools crimping is extremely reliable. Ideal for the do it yourselfer who needs to replac. Splicing wires using various tools and methods discussing pros and cons. These connectors can be the familiar twist on wire nuts or newer style push fit connectors.

Splices must be made in approved junction boxes in compliance with the nec national electrical code. Boatus magazine s mark corke teaches you how to use butt connectors to safely join two wires on your boat. It is used in everything from the automotive market aerospace military nasa industry and even in nuclear power plants. Marine wire termination crimping is a form of wire termination used the world over and is the number one method used.