Home-made power strip for multiple tapping

[103Alex1]

Finally solder on the supply wires from my switch (could just as easily be +ve & 0V if no switch) to the relevant solder bridges and insulate right round the joins with Sugru. Leave to set for a full 24 hours.

Photo is of the 2-outlet double-Deans connector coming from the switch coupled to 1 x blanking plug where the accessory wiring harness & 0V wires will plug into when built and the existing controller connector pin is plugged into the other.

The black Sugru is set solid and as an electrical insulator will also protect against shorting, sparks etc. It's very soft when unset and can get right into and around any nook or cranny so you get a moulded rubber coating round the pins, solder bridges and wire ends when set as it's impossible to use shrinkwrap in that sort of arrangement. Magic. .

The future needs fixing - the future needs fixing - sugru

 

[Scimitar]

The pins are covered in Sugru, a fantastic self-setting insulating rubber as recommended by KirstinS. It's amazing stuff and I'm totally sold on it.

I'd use it too, but the price puts me off. However, there's a diy alternative, mixing silicone sealer with bicarbonate of soda powder.
Home-made Sugru, if you like.

 

[103Alex1]

I'd use it too, but the price puts me off. However, there's a diy alternative, mixing silicone sealer with bicarbonate of soda powder.
Home-made Sugru, if you like.

Aha. It's not so expensive tho' - 1 mini-packet works out £1.70 from a multipack and was enough to insulate that connector, make blanking plug and insulate some wire that had lost its insulation right by the connector off a T6 battery pack rendering it unsafe .. (re-instated the waterproofing). 3 jobs out of the packet and not a drop wasted - but you do have to be economic with using it.

It'd be expensive for big jobs but for small fiddly ones that you want a really robust solution for it's the best thing I've come across and got a lot of confidence it would last looking at the cured result.