Wire termination

[chjort]

What's the best way to terminate the brown wire to the alternator if you're not using it?

[delta0014]

There will likely be a lot of wires you don't use. I either removed them or just cap'd them off.

[Joecobr]

I cut off any exposed copper, added some heat shrink and neatly buried any unused wires in the harness.

[Pat427]

^^^ What he said^^^

[narly1]

chjort, in case you haven't learned this trick you can use heat shrink as a "cap". Let some extra hang off the end of the wire and flatten it with a pair of pliers while it's still hot. The heat shrink sticks to itself and seals the wire end off. If you're really particular you can snip a bit of the excess flattened off part.

[edwardb]

Or better yet, use heat shrink sleeving that has adhesive in it. Typically called dual wall sleeving. I use it for all the connections in the build. In this case, leave 1/8-1/4 inch off the end of the wire, and it will shrink and seal the end plus the adhesive will keep it from coming off. Works great. I get it here: https://www.delcity.net/store/Dual-Wall-Tubing/p_822588.

[chjort]

Thanks!