Lengthening speaker cable

[admin_exported]

Greetings ~ I have speaker wire embedded in my walls and I need to lenghten it

Any ideas on a good way of joining wires?

 

[fatboyslimfast]

Best way would be to push some heat-shrink sleeving along the cable somewhere, solder the two together, and then put the heat-shrink over the join, and shrink using a hairdryer. The heat-shrink will then act as an insulator. I think Maplin do the stuff...

Depending on what guage your cable is, you might need a hefty soldering gun, rather than an iron intended for electronics use...

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks very much, I'll give it a whirl.

 

[Anonymous]

You can alsoget some specific banana type plugs that do the job. You connect your cable to a plug, the extra bit to another plug, unscrew part of one plu and it makes a socket so you can join the two together. There is a name for tham but I can't remember what it is.

 

[Anonymous]

Ah!

Any ideas where to get these puppies?

 

[Olli1324]

What I am currently doing is simply using banana plugs. I have both wires going into the screw-up section. Works fine.ÿ

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[Anonymous]

Whats wrong with good old chocolate blocks. The best way to fit them is to twist the 2 pieces of cable together and then put them in the same end of the block, you then have 2 screws holding both pieces of cable in place.. Just get the appropriate size to match the cable. Maybe not thet pretty but easy enought to hide.

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks guys ~ I see that I have a few options.

I am currently using chocolate blocks but didn't think of twisting the wire together first and then screwing them in.

I'll have a pop at that and see if it makes any difference.

 

[Anonymous]

best use of block. get the wires under both screws aswell. it can be a bit more tidy to feed a wire in each end, but see that they pass each other and get both screws down on them. not to tight with the screws to, its an electrical connector, not a wire cutter 🙂

maplin will sell them in gold for car audio. Only cost a leg lol