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Thanks again for all the suggestions. I ended up buying superseal clones from Amazon. 10x 2-way and 10x 3-way for less than £15.
I couldn't warrant the extra cost of the Deutsch ones and if these rot off I can bin the rest, but I think they will be ok. I also realised that my HID light is factory-connected through a pair of single-pin ones of these and it's been working for a few years of all weathers.
I'll report back when they have been in use for a while.
I couldn't warrant the extra cost of the Deutsch ones and if these rot off I can bin the rest, but I think they will be ok. I also realised that my HID light is factory-connected through a pair of single-pin ones of these and it's been working for a few years of all weathers.
I'll report back when they have been in use for a while.
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That is the only way we can repair them, but from the factory they are sealed then sealed again, and they still corrode!
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That's strange, I've used them for decades and never had a corrosion issue so long as the pins had a little contralube when they were assembled.
That's because they're spec'd like that by cheapskate bodybuilders.
One of our customers latest batch of lorries had been wired up two wires to one terminal, and they only lasted weeks, despite having had copious amounts of spray grease applied when built.
Mind you, the wiring was just one of many issues...
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Why wouldn't you just splice the wires further behind the connector properly?
2 wires in the crimp isn't rated properly never mind two through the seal as well.
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You can buy pre made Y connectors.
So you have a plug with two short flyleads out of it with a female on each. Or whatever you specify.
Or a short one piece.
You can get them in different combinations of male and female at different points in the Y
These
Or this style
So you have a plug with two short flyleads out of it with a female on each. Or whatever you specify.
Or a short one piece.
You can get them in different combinations of male and female at different points in the Y
These
Or this style
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It is strange if you imagine the std superseal plug then with a hot mouled plastic sleeve over the plug and the loom, and the things break/corrode inside the extar protection.
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Yes some do that as well, they also fail as the wiring is so thin it is a joke, the lights are daisy chained form the rear of the trailer forwards, so each lamp has two bits of three core terminating at it.
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I think they buy them in as complete plug and play kits, ie already terminalled up with a rear circuit board that is all sueprseal connectors which do not rot as in a more sheltered position.
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Superseal seems to be fairly common, if not standard fittment, on light clusters etc that the bodybuilders use.
Loads of them come with long flyleads and you can buy joiners, junction boxes etc off the peg.
Even things like side marker lights come with a superseal moulded in the back straight from the supplier.
Loads of them come with long flyleads and you can buy joiners, junction boxes etc off the peg.
Even things like side marker lights come with a superseal moulded in the back straight from the supplier.
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With the ones I got you fit the seal first and apply a smidge of leccy grease, push the cable through and fit the crimp, then pull the cable back to locate the tabs.
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They should just push in from the back as one unit - the same way you'd release them to do any work on them, because the seal should be crimped to the cable it acts as the strain relief and stops the seal backing out.
For a Superseal if you're pushing the cable through the seal first and then crimping the pin on the end and pulling it back, you're doing it completely wrong and compromising the whole thing - the pins won't even be sat in the right location
For a Superseal if you're pushing the cable through the seal first and then crimping the pin on the end and pulling it back, you're doing it completely wrong and compromising the whole thing - the pins won't even be sat in the right location
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