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Old timer told me to stop using heat shrink on every spl ice
At my first job at Atlantic Aviation in Daytona, a guy named Bill with 30 years in the trade told me heat shrink was a crutch. I ignored him and kept using it on every single splice I made in a King Air 350. Six months later we found a bundle where the shrink had slipped down and exposed bare wire to a chafing point. He was right all along I should have used a proper splice and tape on that section. Anyone else run into old advice that turned out to be true the hard way?
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margaret_singh11mo ago
Read somewhere that heat shrink actually causes more corrosion than tape in humid environments (like Florida, where I am). The shrink traps moisture against the wire instead of letting it breathe, which is why Bill probably hated it. I still use it for temporary repairs but tape with a proper wrap has saved my bacon on avionics trays.
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lilychen1mo agoTop Commenter
A good wrap with tape lets in air and moisture too.
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