{"id":29970,"date":"2017-10-31T01:59:46","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T08:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=29970"},"modified":"2017-10-27T18:05:10","modified_gmt":"2017-10-28T01:05:10","slug":"how-to-heat-shrink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/how-to-heat-shrink\/","title":{"rendered":"How to heat shrink"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_91468\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z8gFQ0qDt-o?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Of all the things I have in my electronics toolbox, nothing gets my kid more excited than seeing me use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B07169HHV8\/makerupdate-20\">heatshrink<\/a>. The stuff is honestly magic, plus there\u2019s usually fire involved \u2013 so bonus.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re unfamiliar, these are plastic tubes you slip over connections that shrink tight when heat is applied. It\u2019s a pro way to keep wires and components from shorting into each other. It\u2019s a real life saver when you\u2019re splicing two wires together and you want that splice to be sealed up like the rest of the wire. You just cut the length you need, slip it on before you solder, and then heat it in place when you\u2019re done, either with a heat gun, a mini butane torch, or even a lighter or soldering iron if you\u2019re in a pinch.<\/p>\n<p>Heat shrink is one of those tools that I totally take for granted until I show it to someone who\u2019s never seen it before and it blows their mind. This 200-piece multipack is a great introduction, through it doesn\u2019t include the really fat 1.5\u201d tubes needed for that Pi enclosure. It works on an Adafruit Trinket though, and for basic wiring you can\u2019t beat the price. I\u2019d pay that much just for the case it comes in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protect and insulate wire<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[2337],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29970"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29970"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29975,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29970\/revisions\/29975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}