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Originally Posted by Fishsizzle

Maybe I’ll do a side by side by side. One of these, a regular butt connector and a hand solder/wrap.

They are going in the bumper of wife’s truck. She’s not an off-roader by any means but it will give me a chance to see.

I’ve never soldered wire together. I’ve always used butt connectors and really have never liked them. I always don’t crush enough and the wire comes out as I’m working down the line, or I crush too much and the connector is cracked and I’m worried about sparking.

Just run a length of heat shrink up one of the wires and after you crimp slide the heat shrink over the connection. If one of the connectors cracked the heat shrink will go right over it.