On the harvest I used to get so psst at guys who would hack into trailer wiring that I had spent hours straightening out. They would cut wires and splice them to other wires to try to get the lights working when all that was wrong was a corroded pin in the trailer plug. GRRRRR. One time I was so mad I almost stayed home for the season. Then there was the young guy who hacked into the wiring in the truck cab to get power for his blue string light he thought was so sxy. He didn't fuse it and when the wire was slammed in the door it shorted and burned a hole in a very hard to get to air hose under the dash. I'm getting a red face just thinking about it!
Anyway, how about the Scotch Locks with the gel in them? I've used a few but not enough to see how they last. The phone company has used them for quite awhile so they must work for them but phone lines usually aren't exposed to the vibration and salt trailer wiring gets into. Regular old Scotch Locks are the bane of all humanity!!!!!!! Crimp connectors seem to work OK if they are crimped with the proper crimper in the hands of an experienced person and are covered with a good thick strong shrink tubing, not that thin stuff that can easily get a hole in it. I always give crimp connections a good hard jerk after they are crimped. If it survives that it will probably last awhile. I have gone to using uninsulated crimp connectors with soldered joints that won't separate when crimped. I buy the high dollar shrink tubing in 18" to 36" lengths and keep it in a separate long drawer so it won't get kinked in storage. So far it has lasted the test of time but I'm not saying it's perfect by any means.
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