Shrink wrap for Bafang BBSHD cables

[arrkaye]

I have my unit on order and am thinking about how to do a neat installation.

Heat shrink cable wrap seems like a good idea. Can anyone advise what width would be suitable for the HD cables?

I suppose it has to be wide enough for the connectors to fit through. It comes in 1-18mm wide shrinking 2:1.

Thanks.

 

[DynatechFan]

I asked a similar question in the technical section and have been nudged towards buying 3:1 adhesive shrink as it is waterproof. Not had chance to look on ebay buy my plan was to buy either a bundle of mixed sizes or 1m of something like 8mm that would cover all my connectors once shrunk

 

[Fordulike]

Heat shrink is great on areas that suffer from flexing or chafing, but I learnt the hard way, that it's not particularly good at waterproofing connections or cables.

My battery dock cable is soldered directly to the controller power cable, protected, or so I thought, by a piece of heat shrink tubing. I'm no expert, but it looked water tight, and I thought it would last till the bike croaked it.

Unfortunately, water managed to creep its way to the soldered wires and start corroding them. I now seal any electrical connections, exposed to moisture, with silicone sealant.

 

[fusion.wind]

Have you come across self amalgamating tape? amazing stuff. have a bbs01 and have tidied my cables up with this.

This link to a manufacture video, can't comment on their particular product as haven't tried it. Mine was 'random generic some name I forget'.

Nor, can I comment on longevity of it yet.

 

[DynatechFan]

Heat shrink is great on areas that suffer from flexing or chafing, but I learnt the hard way, that it's not particularly good at waterproofing connections or cables.

My battery dock cable is soldered directly to the controller power cable, protected, or so I thought, by a piece of heat shrink tubing. I'm no expert, but it looked water tight, and I thought it would last till the bike croaked it.

Unfortunately, water managed to creep its way to the soldered wires and start corroding them. I now seal any electrical connections, exposed to moisture, with silicone sealant.

Thanks Fordulike, good to have some real world experience - was it "normal" 2:1 or the stuff that claims to be waterproof (3:1 / 4:1 stuff you can get)

 

[Fordulike]

Thanks Fordulike, good to have some real world experience - was it "normal" 2:1 or the stuff that claims to be waterproof (3:1 / 4:1 stuff you can get)

Just normal stuff, didn't realise there was a waterproof version.