So here's the scenario, you have one or more wires coming out of harness A (e.g. audio panel) that need to connect one-to-one with a wire or wires coming out of harness B (e.g. radio). Happens a whole pile of times behind most panels. As you know, there are a lot of ways to make this connection. Here are some of the ways I can think of.
I'm sure this is a "primer wars" type of question. Each of us will have a connection type that will get the best of us most of the time. I have each and every one of these in my plane. I'm doing some early planning for some upgrades (audio panel, nav/comm radios, IFR navigator), I'm just wondering
1) what do the professional panel builders do?
2) is one of these better than the rest?
3) are any of these bad ideas?
Bonus question: How about a 2 to 1 splice?
- One crimp connector (butt splice)
- Two crimp connectors (pick a type)
- Crimp ring terminal to terminal block
- 2 dsub pins covered with clear shrink tube
- solder sleeve
- solder with clear shrink tube
- molex connector (combine with other connections or not)
- dsub connector (combine with other connections)
I'm sure this is a "primer wars" type of question. Each of us will have a connection type that will get the best of us most of the time. I have each and every one of these in my plane. I'm doing some early planning for some upgrades (audio panel, nav/comm radios, IFR navigator), I'm just wondering
1) what do the professional panel builders do?
2) is one of these better than the rest?
3) are any of these bad ideas?
Bonus question: How about a 2 to 1 splice?