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Old Feb 17, 2011 | 07:36 PM
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So, I took on the task of adding some LED blinkers to the undertail of my bike. I have two pairs of 11 LEDs to now wire in parallel. I'm not the greatest when it comes to wiring. What is a good method to wire the 11 positives and 11 negatives together? Keep in mind they are small wires; I don't know what AWG, they look like 22ish or so. Thanks in advance.
 
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Old Feb 17, 2011 | 08:28 PM
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solder them, putting heat string on first eliminates electrical tape.
 
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Old Feb 17, 2011 | 09:54 PM
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Old Feb 18, 2011 | 07:08 AM
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How do I go about soldering 11 wires together? Well 12 wires technically; I'd like to connect them all to a heavier wire so I will have just one set of wires for the many lights.
 
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Old Feb 18, 2011 | 09:28 AM
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What about ring terminals? Anybody see a problem if I just buy a ton of ring terminals and bolt them all together? Put a nice layer of heat shrink on it and I should be good to go.
 
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Old Feb 18, 2011 | 09:46 AM
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that would work, but honestly, still a ton of work.

I'd actually do a breadboard for something like this, but that's me.

easiest/cleanest other than soldering - I'd take 3-4 of each 22ga, strip an inch, twist together, put in a blue or yellow butt splice connector and crimp then heatshrink. That way you'll end up with 2-3 bundles close to the LED's, then can run your main power feed from the battery/switch with a nice 12-14ga primary.
 
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