Originally Posted by
DonFrambach
It seems to me that these connectors are located in exactly the wrong place where they are likely to be damaged by cutting debris and fluids.
I was told that it is very difficult to splice in an extension to their cables and they strongly advised me not to attempt that.
If they are connectors that normally are used in an enclosure and you want to eliminate them and extend the cable, what I have done is prepare a length of cable as close as possible to the original if multicore.
Cut the connectors off and use heatshrink tube over each conductor after you have solder spliced a 3/8~1/2" twist splice, once you have all wires spliced and individually heatshrink covered, use a Heavy duty thick wall heat shrink over the total splices, but before heatshrinking this outer cover, partially fill with RTV sealant, heatshrink and let the RTV setup.
This makes for a nice sealed connection that is not too bulky.
Al.
CNC, Mechatronics Integration and Custom Machine Design
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Albert E.