I went to the site that described the Western Union splice.
On the rare occasion that I make a Western Union splice, I solder only the
center section of the splice. For the record, I rarely do Western Union
splices because the Western Union splice was for telephone and telegraph
wires which are relatively thin signal wires.
The illustration showing staggered splices has them too close together for
safety. I often make staggered splices and I give them several wire
diameters separation.
I know that splices can be a source of vexation when they fail, but
economics being a factor in my life, I cannot always have unspliced wires
on board.
Most splices I make are soldered lap splices. I lap the wires about three
or four times their diameter, tin (permeate with solder) each wire, then
lap and solder them together. I cover each conductor with shrink wrap
tubing, and again the entire splice with shrink tubing. I have had no
failures that I can recall and it helps a lot to have a slender splice when
running wires through tight places.
Norm
S/V Bandersnatch
Lying Gloucester MA
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