[T3] Wire Shrink Wraps

[crash 69]

I use a Benzomatic hand held butane lighter that works very well.  Got it
Home Depot.

On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 6:08 PM, J. Jonik <j_jonik at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Thanks to all who've advised about where to find shrink wrap tubes for wire
> repair.  Yes, on-line info is ample.   Local Radio Shack only had packets of
> "Assorted", with many useless for my needs...and surprisingly expensive.
> The mark-up is probably worse than for pizza.
>
> Shrink wraps work about a million times better than electric tape when
> repairing wires (solder being another preference)....especially in oily,
> hot, vibrating conditions...like in engine compartments.
> I've (carefully) used cig lighters, matches, candles and a heat gun to
> shrink them (it doesn't take much)...obvious catastrophic risks of the first
> three techniques kept in mind.
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