Y connector using 5.5 bullets.....

[dasboata]

do you have a pic steve?

ME 2 I am not following you !! The part about hamming them ??

[Jeff Wohlt]

I was planning on brazing mine. Wonder if a little arctic silver would be good between those?

[Steven Vaccaro]

do you have a pic steve?

I will do one tonight for you.

Andy Kunz once told me a soldered joint is never enough. Alway have a "mechanical" connection. If things get a bit hot, the joint wont pop. That bit of info has never failed me.

[properchopper]

I use k&s brass tubing. Slide the brass though all the holes. Hammer the k&s end so it opens up and tightens them all together. Then solder. This gives both a "glued/soldered" connection and a "mechanical" connection.

I love that idea ! Will give it a try.

[Alexgar]

do you have a pic steve?

[Steven Vaccaro]

I use k&s brass tubing. Slide the brass though all the holes. Hammer the k&s end so it opens up and tightens them all together. Then solder. This gives both a "glued/soldered" connection and a "mechanical" connection.

[dasboata]

[QUOTE=D.Smock;264628]Are you wanting to parallel packs?
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[egneg]

These I made have worked well even when racing.

[Flying Scotsman]

You dont need to use any wire to make a "Y" connector. All the wire amounts to is increased resistance. All you need is something like this. Unless you need additional wire length due to wire routing inside your hull.

John

John, what an elegant solution and the hat is off for stating you learnt this from an RRR member. There is a commercial opportunity here...OSE?

Douggie

[Doug Smock]

I tried making some almost like John's method, but the wire stands kept separating.

Tin the ends of your wire, then strip it.

Doug

[properchopper]

I've found that the "notched end" 5.5's are easiest to solder together making Y connectors.

[ScarabChris]

So easy I feel stupid for not thinking of it on my own. I did this in about 30 seconds. Clamp the two females in a vice, heat them up with a propane torch, apply solder then set the male on top and fill in with solder.

If I take one minute I can get them perfectly straight. Shrink wrap and it will look pro-peshinal!

[ScarabChris]

Thats what I was going to try, solid copper household wire like Romex. If it can handle 240 volts to run a dryer or oven it should hold up to this.

I also like the idea of soldering the bullets directly to each other.

Excellent ideas here guys.

[RayR]

Solid copper wire from hardware or boat store.

Ray

[lectriglide]

I tried making some almost like John's method, but the wire stands kept separating. I think the secret is to keep the wire longer like he described (I was using pieces about 1/2 inch long), solder them up, THEN cut them. I ended up using copper tubing left over from my refrigerator ice-maker hookup instead of wire.