Scotch Locks

[meep meep]

Going to be wiring up an autogauge boost gauge next weekend lads, what size of scotch locks will I need to make the connection?

 

[Reg]

Choice of a butcher mate. Strip the wire and do it properly.

 

[meep meep]

Really! I taught that using scotch locks was the preferred option of doing it????

 

[ArosaRacer]

same here solder it scotch locks are for 17 year olds putting neons on a nova!

 

[ibizacupra]

scotch locks the bodgers friend...
I dispise em... nasty things

 

[Reg]

If I was looking at a car to buy and found someone had used scotch blocks for the electrics, it would worry me. If they were any good manufacturers would use them wouldn't they? But they aren't, so they don't. Crude butcherious rubbish.

 

[Pabs]

hehe... sounds like someone's been reading my boost gauge guide

In my defense i really, REALLY couldn't be arsed to cut and solder the wires (on this occasion anyway) - and for an LED that draws less than 50mA i hardly saw the point either. Works fine, and NEVER had a problem.

Everything else has been done properly though - no more scotch-locks for me!

 

[meep meep]

Ok scotch locks are a no no, (all ur fault Pabs!!!, good thread however), now where is my soldering iron gone?

 

[ibizacupra]

and whilst rewiring stuff onto my car lately I find a SCOTCHLOK!!!! Oh my god.
wired into my cruise control.... so done by Amethyst Dealer!

why am I not surprised

still, could be worse, could be twisted wires covered by insulation tape... like a well know tuner I know of!

 

[MarkE]

still, could be worse, could be twisted wires covered by insulation tape...

When I went hunting behind the HU in the Leon I found that the local car audio "specialists" had done just that with my handsfree kit.

Except there was no insulation tape.