The need to splice a few wires is a very common requirement in electronics and electrical situations ranging from in-progress prototype at the bench to the final assembled product. There are various ...

There are many types of wire connectors out there but these are some of the most common ones you'll encounter.

Continuously purchasing new cables to meet changing demands can increase costs and cut into your business' profits. You can cut and splice your own universal serial bus, or USB, cables to meet the ...

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: water always finds a way in. That’s particularly problematic for things like wire splices in damp environments, something that no amount of electrical tape ...

A while back, [Marius] was faced with a problem. A friend of his lives in the middle of a rainforest, and a microphone was attacked by a dirty, greasy rat. The cable was gnawed in half, and with it ...

I got a Wacom Intuos graphics tablet - a killer 9"x12" one, at that - for free from a friend whose dog had chewed off the USB end, and bit it in half near the end, too. w00t! Those things are $400 new ...

Q-I want to extend some lamp cords to make them longer, rather than use extension cords. I want to remove the plug and splice on an additional length of the same-colored wire. My problem is that in ...

Sporting a unisex-style self-locking disconnect that mates to itself, the patent-pending Flat-Snap splice connector enables wires to be connected to each other without force (crimping) or performance ...