Using Heat Shrink Tubing on connectors and splices.
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| The two sizes of 3M "flooded" heat shrink tubing.(800 and 400) | A piece of 3M 800 tubing unshrunk, a N type splice that has been removed and and N connector with heat shrink tubing applied. |
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| The Times Wire N connector kit for LMR 400 using a 3" piece of flooded heat shrink tube. | A completed Times Wire N connector with heat shrink tubing applied. |
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| To make a splice, just slide a length of 3M 800 tubing over the connector. |
Ready to install the barrel connector |
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| My thumb nail marks where the end of the tube should be placed. There should be from 1 to 1 1/2 inches of tube past the end of the connector on each side of the splice. |
The view of an "N" splice using only the type 3M .800 flooded heat shrink tubing that had been up for two years and then removed. Note a little glue still on the cable jacket. |
As an added note, when shrinking the tubing it is usually best to start in the middle and work out. With the connector kits I carefully shrink the tubing down just behind the collar, let it cool a bit and then work back onto the coax heating it just enough to shrink the tube. This will also melt the hot glue on the inside of the tubing.
Photography by Roger Halstead
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