Electricians Don't Want You To Know This! Join Electrical Wires Without Soldering

A soldering tool is often used to join electrical wires. But you may not always have a soldering machine, so in this video we show you how to join electrical wires without a soldering iron. If you're dealing with electrical wiring and need to splice electrical wires, Electricians Don't Want You To Know! Be sure to watch this video called Join Electrical Cables Solderless.

[BUKAREVN]

Как моряк, скажу, что узелки надежные. А как электрик, скажу строго: так ни в коем случае нельзя делать. При соединении провода важна площадь соприкосновения, а не крепость узелка.

[TheForgottenMan]

Being an electrician myself I would never use these methods. For one they break code. There is bending radiuses for wire and these knots exceed those radiuses. Only exception would be curling the wire to install it under a terminal such as a receptacle. Only approved methods can be used by electricians or we become liable. Two, the knots void the UL listing, so if an electrical fire is caused by this and the insurance company discovers this method you can say good bye for insurance covering any damages.

[thomasjohnston]

I one hundred percent agree with Dave Pitso. I also am a master electrician and in my 40 years of experience, would never make in-line splices in wire. All splices would be made in accessible boxes, with code recognized splicing methods.

[davepitzoSWM]

Being a Master Electrician and 44 years of Doing electrical installation…. NEVER NEVER NEVER do this. We rip the wire out and replace it. Splices are made with approved connectors rated for heat. Heat causes fires 🔥

[СержЗерж]

"Электрики не хотят, чтобы вы это знали!" Абсолютно верно. Такой херни не хотим, чтобы вы знали.

[garypelfrey]

I agree with This Guy. They definitely break code. I’m an industrial maintenance technician. And everywhere I’ve worked would fire you in a heartbeat for making connections like this!

[greggsmith]

I’m a qualified electrician and have been for 24 years and I have not and would not join electrical cables together like this, I would also recommend anyone watching this not to use this method either, you can buy connectors of various different types that are much better much easier and far more electrically sound than any of the methods shown.

[jackballance]

There's a reason electricians don't want you to do these. I expect firemen don't want you doing it either.

[elye]

This is the best I have ever come across for those MacGyver fixes. I never thought I would see the Rosendahl knot/Zeppelin Bend used here.

[АлександрЛуконин-ов]

Здравствуйте Уважаемые, хотелось бы посмотреть, что бы сделали Настоящие электрики, с Тем, кто навяжет подобные узлы, скажем в разводочной коробке на каком предприятии ??? Этого мастера, самого завяжут подобным узлом . Мир вашему дому .👏👏👏👍.

[leonardkelly]

Retired firefighter here. This is the type stuff that granted me a 30 year career .

[ОлегСоловьев-лр]

Да! Ты абсолютно прав! Электрики, как нормальные вменяемые люди, не хотят что бы кто то повторял за тобой вот эту хрень! Я тебе скажу больше. Пожарники тоже не хотят, что бы ты давал такие советы тем, кто до этого не знал правила и нормы электромонтажа! И медики этого не хотят! Себе пальцы порезал и другим советуешь?!
Макраме не имеет ни чего общего с электричеством! Там другие законы работают!
Удали на хрен это видео! Не бери грех на душу!

[deasy]

I’ve been a master electrician for 27 years. And can say, I don’t know why I wouldn’t want you to know this? Just don’t expect it to be cheap to fix it when you call one of us because you burned your house down by doing it incorrectly.

[brandonbaldwin]

All you electricians are right, we get it, it’s not code! But when it’s end times and all I have is wire and electrical tape, damn skippy I’ll be using this.
Great video Maker!

[charleshowell]

As a Union Wireman I tell you, I WOULD NEVER tie wires like this.

[WCM]

Electricians very, very rarely solder wires. There are many safe, sound and UL approved systems designed to do everything you covered here. Soldering is generally used where space is very restricted and the heat used wouldn't cause other problems such as melting insulation. This is usually the case in electronic equipment.
One more thing: The stresses you are creating with these knots can actually _weaken_ the conductors.
Leave electricity to the trained and qualified.

[rxotmfrxotmf]

I usually use an insulated crimp connector for the ends of the two wires. Crimping is important because it (a) ensures that both wires are good and tight, and (2) increases the area of contact so as to reduce heat generated. Twisting wires are not a good idea if the current is high, especially in household power devices.

[foogod]

These connections would probably be OK for some low-voltage applications (hobby electronics, etc), but *THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS FOR HOUSEHOLD AC WIRES.* The reason "electricians don't want you to know this" is because *it could actually burn your house down* if you do it. The shown connections do not comply with electrical codes the US, or likely in most other countries, and for good reason. There is no way to guarantee that they are making enough contact to carry the sorts of current that is often required, and if the connection is not good enough they can get hot enough to actually cause fires, or possibly even produce arcing, etc. Even if the connection starts out OK, it can also wiggle looser over time (the shrink tubing alone is not enough to guarantee it will stay tight), causing dangerous conditions to develop later.

There are actually already many much better (and approved) methods for connecting wires without soldering them, such as wire nuts, Wago connectors, crimp-on connectors, etc. Please use those instead. This is just not the right way to do this.

[billgriffis]

As an Electrical Engineer and past Electrician, I'll say every one of these splices is bad, even for low voltage. Wire splices can be made more easily and better than any of these and the right methods are easily found online.

[clayturner]

Being an Electronic Engineer let me explain why this is a bad idea and what soldering (and crimping) is for.

Solder decreases the resistivity that is introduced by joining two pieces of wire together. So why does it matter about increased resistivity?

Aside from meaning that increased resistivity will cost you money from the lost energy far in excess of the money saved by not using solder, it introduces a hidden weakness in the wiring that the knots won't overcome which over time will get progressively worse.

That area will act as a fuse as sparking and burning reduces the thickness of the actual connecting points of the joint to a point that's less than the rating of the fuse in the fuse box which would usually protect your wiring.

So even if it doesn't spark a fire which with the increased resistivity at that point equals increased heating which equals even more increased resistivity, over time there will be charring in the area further reducing the total connectivity at the point which in turn increases the resistivity, which means even more heat and so on.

Soldering the connection introduces a far larger surface area of connection, thus avoiding this potential problem. Crimping is similar in that the copper strand(s) are crushed creating a far larger surface of contact thus reducing the resistivity introduced due to a join.
It's not a pointless standard but there for a reason.