Draimond
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Trying to build a new wiring harness on a budget, I came across this silicon fibreglass sleeveving on eBay.
It's pretty affordable and looks pro. More importantly, it does actually resist a direct flame for a while and it enables you to chemical and weather seal your wiring harness.
Problem is I'm struggling to find it as it's a Chinese product that doesn't seem to be widespread. I've spoken to a couple of auto electricians who were very impressed with the product when I showed them, but had never seen it before.
So I'm just reaching out to see what other people have been using or if they know of this product and where to get it more readily.
I'm not interested in corrugated tubing and haven't been since I did my first amp install over a decade ago. It's a dreadful product for automotive use in the engine bay and I feel like it's had its day and there's much much better options unless we're talking about running a cable under a desk. Specifically, it's not a weather seal and requires electrical tape to seal it. If you've ever stripped electric tape that's been exposed to heat, oil and time... You'll know what I'm talking about.
Nylon braid is ok for abrasion resistance but it's not a weather seal nor is it a heat seal.
Then the chunky raceworks silicone fibreglass sleeveving is... Well... Chunky and it's not priced as a product you could use for a wiring harness.
I've never seen a formula 1 wiring harness but I assumed they just use Raychem or a similar heat shrink over the bulk of the harness.
This is basically my plan B, but I've already started with this slim fibreglass silicon stuff I'm talking about and would love to continue using it if I can find somewhere to get it where I'm not waiting 2 months for delivery from China.
Probably spent an hour scrolling through eBay trying to find this stuff only to realise when I was about to checkout that it's coming from China... I don't know what's happened to eBay but it doesn't really work correctly all the time. Literally the first thing I do, anytime I open the eBay app is select Australia only and I still get results from abroad.
It's pretty affordable and looks pro. More importantly, it does actually resist a direct flame for a while and it enables you to chemical and weather seal your wiring harness.
Problem is I'm struggling to find it as it's a Chinese product that doesn't seem to be widespread. I've spoken to a couple of auto electricians who were very impressed with the product when I showed them, but had never seen it before.
So I'm just reaching out to see what other people have been using or if they know of this product and where to get it more readily.
I'm not interested in corrugated tubing and haven't been since I did my first amp install over a decade ago. It's a dreadful product for automotive use in the engine bay and I feel like it's had its day and there's much much better options unless we're talking about running a cable under a desk. Specifically, it's not a weather seal and requires electrical tape to seal it. If you've ever stripped electric tape that's been exposed to heat, oil and time... You'll know what I'm talking about.
Nylon braid is ok for abrasion resistance but it's not a weather seal nor is it a heat seal.
Then the chunky raceworks silicone fibreglass sleeveving is... Well... Chunky and it's not priced as a product you could use for a wiring harness.
I've never seen a formula 1 wiring harness but I assumed they just use Raychem or a similar heat shrink over the bulk of the harness.
This is basically my plan B, but I've already started with this slim fibreglass silicon stuff I'm talking about and would love to continue using it if I can find somewhere to get it where I'm not waiting 2 months for delivery from China.
Probably spent an hour scrolling through eBay trying to find this stuff only to realise when I was about to checkout that it's coming from China... I don't know what's happened to eBay but it doesn't really work correctly all the time. Literally the first thing I do, anytime I open the eBay app is select Australia only and I still get results from abroad.