MandoPatriot Posted September 2, 2011 Posted September 2, 2011 Thats not really safe. Too many problems to list. It can be safe. Basically that is what you are doing when you splice wires together. I do tons of car audio and electronics, and splicing is a great way to connect wires. I even spliced on of my fans to a molex wire so I could hook it up to the PSU. Works just fine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
l1o2l Posted September 2, 2011 Posted September 2, 2011 It can be safe. Basically that is what you are doing when you splice wires together. I do tons of car audio and electronics, and splicing is a great way to connect wires. I even spliced on of my fans to a molex wire so I could hook it up to the PSU. Works just fine. Just don't short and you'll be fine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wevsspot Posted September 2, 2011 Posted September 2, 2011 Well........ a proper splice including a good soldering job and then insulation of the wires using shrink tubing or ET is a better recommendation than paper clips. Just my 2 cents worth. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigball1 Posted September 2, 2011 Posted September 2, 2011 It can be safe. Basically that is what you are doing when you splice wires together. I do tons of car audio and electronics, and splicing is a great way to connect wires. I even spliced on of my fans to a molex wire so I could hook it up to the PSU. Works just fine. Oh you can splice wires together to problem. Im not saying that is a bad idea, Its the way the person was describing it was the problem. Well........ a proper splice including a good soldering job and then insulation of the wires using shrink tubing or ET is a better recommendation than paper clips. Just my 2 cents worth. Now this is the right way to splice wires together Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonerboy779 Posted September 2, 2011 Posted September 2, 2011 (edited) It can be safe. Basically that is what you are doing when you splice wires together. I do tons of car audio and electronics, and splicing is a great way to connect wires. I even spliced on of my fans to a molex wire so I could hook it up to the PSU. Works just fine. If you splice with paperclips you are never touching my car and I don't want you near any of my audio projects either. Edited September 2, 2011 by Stonerboy779 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper Posted September 3, 2011 Posted September 3, 2011 If you splice with paperclips you are never touching my car and I don't want you near any of my audio projects either. No doubt. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonerboy779 Posted September 3, 2011 Posted September 3, 2011 No doubt. Working in car audio myself I have seen some horrific and downright dangerous and stupid wiring. Howeve if I saw paperclips, I would call the customer in and ask them to explain. Then charge lots more money to run over the car to see what else is butchered. I cannot put a warranty on work that is compromised by someone else's stuff ups and short cuts. If you splice and solder, tape/heatshrink. I have no issue, provided resistances current power is worked out too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MandoPatriot Posted September 3, 2011 Posted September 3, 2011 Don't be silly, I would never use paperclips. You guys seriously had to make those posts thinking I would? LOL. I was commenting about how people think splicing is bad, nothing bad about it. *EDIT* Sorry for the mis-clarification mods, but please don't change my posts to a sentence with horrible grammar. Lol =) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkytTe Posted September 3, 2011 Posted September 3, 2011 what a strange turning the topic has taken Thanks you all for ur replies. I Think I'll just use the PSU to power the fans, and then maybe buy a fan controller in the future Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardnrg Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 I want to see a fan controller made entirely out of paper clips and electrical tape. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigball1 Posted September 6, 2011 Posted September 6, 2011 Don't be silly, I would never use paperclips. You guys seriously had to make those posts thinking I would? LOL. I was commenting about how people think splicing is bad, nothing bad about it. *EDIT* Sorry for the mis-clarification mods, but please don't change my posts to a sentence with horrible grammar. Lol =) Ah Ya. As you said it ! If you didnt mean it like that, then dont say it. As we dont want people taking bad ideas like using a paperclip to be used in a system and then they come back saying it blow up there system because he read it in a fourm, So it must be ok. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
medbor Posted September 6, 2011 Posted September 6, 2011 sorry op, but i just have to say something about splicing. currently i run my audio/video connection over a 5+5m KVM-switch cable with the audio over the PS2 cables, and VGA over the VGA part, and a big splice in the middle and at both ends. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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