Wiring Hints

rlrnr53 · Post by **rlrnr53** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 4:48 am

I'm new here, but I have worked for 30 years on snow equipment and would like to offer some advice on wiring. Most people that do their own troubleshooting on wiring,use a test light, which is ok if you don't start poking holes in the insulation of wires. the problem with this is when around a salty environment, the salt will get in the wire and corrode the wires to the point of failure. The remedy is 1, check at wiring connectors, or 2 when you puncture the insulation, to use either a product such as Liquid Electrical Tape, some type of sticky uncured rubber, or if you can get it over a wire, a piece of heat shrink tubing with a sealer inside of it. For splicing a cut wire, heat shrink connectors are the only way to go, as is using a dielectric grease in all connectors when opened as this adds additional protection is the seals of the connector are nicked or broken.
Hope this helps someone avoid wiring problems down the road.

Post by **HenryJ** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 5:02 am

One more reason to chuck the old test light in the dumpster is that in todays computer controlled electronics , the circuits may not be able to handle the load the test light adds. It is best to use a multimeter.

Thanks for sharing and

welcome!

SONOMA915 · Post by **SONOMA915** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 6:21 am

Welcome rlrnr53!! Thats why I love my Fluke!! No damage to other components.

Post by **Walt** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 10:56 am

HenryJ wrote:One more reason to chuck the old test light in the dumpster is that in todays computer controlled electronics , the circuits may not be able to handle the load the test light adds. It is best to use a multimeter.

Thanks for sharing and welcome!

Exactly what I was going to say

I have had to fix several computers that had been worked on by a tech using a test light.