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Soldering/splicing wires sucks
ChadTower:
Hrm. Spend the $15 on the crimper and use the saved time to give the wife a massage. She won't complain and you get some crimpers.
Plus, we know you. You're going to need a crimper again.
shmokes:
My wife won't make the connection. She won't understand why I can't just not spend the money and give her a massage. ;D
Seriously, though, I have to be careful about spending. We cut it REALLY close.
patrickl:
So you still haven't gotten this done?
SavannahLion:
Hit up Craigslist or Freecycle. Several weeks ago, someone was offering up a set of tools for free that didn't sell at a garage sale. Amongst them were several crimpers. I would've snagged them myself but it happened right when my truck was out of commission. I regularly see a variety of tools on Craigs, though I admit electrical related tools don't come up very often around here.
I have some doubts as to how good of a condition crimps might be if they're on Craigs, but it's something worth looking into.
patrickl:
Not sure why this is so difficult. Can't you just take an easy way out? Just strip the wires longer and solder them together and put insulation tape on them and then tape the whole thing up.