I'm looking for alternative ways to join small wires together, when you don't want to solder. Wires in the 20-30 gauge range. And preferably a commonly used way
I know for larger gauge wires like 12-18, butt connectors are common. And for small gauge wires, there are all sorts of nice crimp on "end" connectors, like dupont connectors, however I haven't been able to find anything designed to crimp together wire ends.
Ideally I'd like to be able to just slip some shrink tube over one wire, then take both wire ends and overlap them, likely twisting together as well, then crimp a connector over this overlap, then slide the shrink tube back over and shrink it up, joining them into one continuous wire, without soldering, and with minimal added bulk. Is there a commonly used and readily available crimp type connector for this purpose?
You can get butt splices that are made from shrink tubing and contain a low melting point solder ring inside (you can use a lighter or heat gun to solder them). Still not appropriate for the smaller gauges you mentioned but they might be helpful.
I definetly like those Lineman's or Western Union splices, although I was hoping for some sort of small crimp connection to go over that in addition. Basically something similar to the type of U shaped crimp that's on dupont connectors.
I suppose I could just cut that part off of a dupont connector, and use just the crimp part, crimping it over the linemans splice. I just figured though there has got to be a standard solution designed small gauge inline wire splicing, but perhaps not?
