Mike, I used the same glue for the aluminum tubing, but I learned when I removed the chromed rack for another bike and disassembled the wiring, that the glue doesn't hold as tenaciously to the smooth chrome as it does other substrates. It seems to bond aluminum and plastics extraordinarily well, especially if you rough up the surfaces lightly with sand paper beforehand.
As for the connectors, yeah, I figured I'd solder them on after threading through the guides. For flat wire it allows me to feed the connectors through the guides, but for round coax wire with the same OD as the guide ID, connectors can't pass through. If you size up the aluminum tubing a bit bigger, you can pass the connectors through. I recently switched to 2mm banana plug connectors for anywhere I feel I need a removable junction. They are very robust and hold up extremely well, but you have to be comfortable soldering... they have no strain relief mechanism built in. They're also slender and don't result in a bulky looking junction. http://www.amazon.com/Neewer-Plated-Bullet-Banana-Connectors/dp/B00GTN72ZS Here's one in use at my rear fender... <https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8591/15476360069_4c78e0fa7e_z.jpg> <https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7485/15660310091_de9ca57235_z.jpg> Anton On Sunday, December 28, 2014 9:17:59 AM UTC-5, Mike Gillespie wrote: > > Hey Anton, > > I really like your wiring ideas, and this topic is timely for my > winter project as well. So, I'm curious how you thread your wiring > through those 3mm ID tubing and heat shrink pieces. My light has > those spade lugs for connecting to a Schmidt hub, and I'd like to have > the capability to remove lights and even fenders perhaps at times. A > "hard-wired" job means cutting and then resoldering terminals each > time. > > I've found these, but not sure how they might perform in this situation. > > http://www.amazon.com/Spade-Crimp-Terminals-Wiring-Connectors/dp/B00976CPWO/ref=pd_sim_indust_4?ie=UTF8&refRID=0M3K5ANMFXRZX02EEV5G > > > > > http://www.amazon.com/Amico-Female-Spade-Terminals-Connectors/dp/B00ACD9SQ2/ref=pd_sbs_indust_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=0M3K5ANMFXRZX02EEV5G > > > Anyone have experience in building a more modular lighting system > utilizing Anton's tubing ideas? > > Oh, and one more question...do you use the same adhesive on aluminum > tubing as heat shrink tubing?? > > Thanks, > Mike > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
