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I know that this has been debated before (quite recently in fact, but it is a boring Sunday afternoon), but as new products may have come available, I was wondering members views.
So the scenario is; Sunday afternoon, Mr DIY has finally fallen to pressure to Mrs DIY and agreed to put up shelf. Drills first fixing into cable feeding socket below. Mr DIY rings round electricians, and gets one to come & repair damaged cable. Damaged cable is middle of wall, with flat roof ceiling void filled with Celotex, with no room for JB. (this is a fictitious incident by the way, and I've not got one forthcoming ). So crimp within the wall is the only fix (no JB on shelves jokes please).
Now I've read the debate before that there is an anti crimping society for solid conductors, as well as pro crimpers. I have seen a colleague use heat shrink butt connectors in a similar situation, and I have used them for extending an odd cable in a CU.
Now my soldering skills are pretty rubbish, so I've looked around and found these as an example;
http://katalog.klauke.com/en/sv1525-butt-connectors-cu-for-solid-conductors/
FVP-2 | JST Parallel Wire Splice Connector 16 → 14 AWG | JST - http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/products/6881149/?grossPrice=Y&cm_mmc=UK-PLA-_-google-_-PLA_UK_EN_Connectors-_-Terminals_And_Splices&mkwid=smWrFnZ4v_dc|pcrid|88056670563|pkw||pmt||prd|6881149&gclid=CNKUj-mg7NACFe297QodnSEHug
Anything else available Or should I practise my soldering skills?
So the scenario is; Sunday afternoon, Mr DIY has finally fallen to pressure to Mrs DIY and agreed to put up shelf. Drills first fixing into cable feeding socket below. Mr DIY rings round electricians, and gets one to come & repair damaged cable. Damaged cable is middle of wall, with flat roof ceiling void filled with Celotex, with no room for JB. (this is a fictitious incident by the way, and I've not got one forthcoming ). So crimp within the wall is the only fix (no JB on shelves jokes please).
Now I've read the debate before that there is an anti crimping society for solid conductors, as well as pro crimpers. I have seen a colleague use heat shrink butt connectors in a similar situation, and I have used them for extending an odd cable in a CU.
Now my soldering skills are pretty rubbish, so I've looked around and found these as an example;
http://katalog.klauke.com/en/sv1525-butt-connectors-cu-for-solid-conductors/
FVP-2 | JST Parallel Wire Splice Connector 16 → 14 AWG | JST - http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/products/6881149/?grossPrice=Y&cm_mmc=UK-PLA-_-google-_-PLA_UK_EN_Connectors-_-Terminals_And_Splices&mkwid=smWrFnZ4v_dc|pcrid|88056670563|pkw||pmt||prd|6881149&gclid=CNKUj-mg7NACFe297QodnSEHug
Anything else available Or should I practise my soldering skills?