Agree with Amer - Get a bunch of Reds and Blues. They are really great.I would get blue ones for shielding and reds for general purpose wire joining.
My opinion so take with a grain of salt. I view solder sleeves as a waste of money and clunky. Soldering a pigtail to a braided shield wire and covering with a piece of heat shrink is a very simple task.
Carl
Take a look at Steinair. He has the solder sleeves in different sizes for shielded wire with the pigtail already built-in to the the sleeve (also without the pigtail).
They work very well to terminate the shielded wire.
https://www.steinair.com/?search_category=&s=solder+sleeve&search_posttype=product
Also see the solder sleeve video on this page for installation instructions. A lot of great wiring videos/tips on this page.
https://www.steinair.com/documents-and-support/videos/
Andy
That is what I did on the 6, but this G3X system wants a LOT of shielded wire (many terminated on both ends) and I thought this would save the hassle of soldering in place in the plane.
Larry
Me too. About the pigtails on some solder sleeve, on the ones I bought, the pigtail is just a bit of wire that's been melted into the solder ring, so making your own is exactly equivalent. I assume it's this way for other brands, so basically, it's a very minor convenience. You can use your own bit of wire in there as a pigtail and it's exactly the same.To each their own. I love solder sleeves on shielded cables.....
To each their own. I love solder sleeves on shielded cables.....
Me too. About the pigtails on some solder sleeve, on the ones I bought, the pigtail is just a bit of wire that's been melted into the solder ring, so making your own is exactly equivalent. I assume it's this way for other brands, so basically, it's a very minor convenience. You can use your own bit of wire in there as a pigtail and it's exactly the same.
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Yes, these extra hands are very helpful. I got one with a magnifying glass but it fell out. Still useful.I agree, but the problem I had was holding everything in place and using the heat gun at the same time - simply not enough hands.
I found this type of tool pretty much essential -