Repairing Damaged Wire Insulation
Table 1: Wire Size
Conversion
If the wire insulation has been chafed, or broken, enough to
show the conductive portion of the wire, and the wire is not
damaged, determine the length of insulation that needs to be
repaired. If the repair is less than 280 mm (11 in),
cut the wire within the damaged area. Then slide the appropriate
heat shrink tubing (listed below) over the wire, and repair the
wire by splicing the wires together. Refer to
Splicing Copper Wire Using Splice Sleeves . Once the wire is
spliced together slide heat shrink tubing over the damaged area and
apply heat to seal the repaired wire.
If the wire is damaged, or the damaged area is larger than
280 mm (11 in), then replace the damaged wire by
splicing in a new section of wire. Refer to
Splicing Copper Wire Using Splice Sleeves .
GM Part Number
|
Diameter
|
Description
|
Color
|
Length
|
Metric
|
English
|
Metric
|
English
|
12355003
|
9.5 mm
|
0.375 in
|
Tubing, Shrink 3/8
|
Black
|
305 mm
|
12 in
|
12355005
|
12.7 mm
|
0.5 in
|
Tubing, Shrink 1/2
|
Black
|
305 mm
|
12 in
|
12355011
|
19.1 mm
|
0.75 in
|
Tubing, Shrink 3/4
|
Black
|
305 mm
|
12 in
|
12355008
|
25.4 mm
|
1.0 in
|
Tubing, Shrink 1.00
|
Black
|
305 mm
|
12 in
|
|
| |
Wire Size Conversion
Metric Wire Sizes (mm 2)
|
AWG Sizes
|
0.13
|
26
|
0.21
|
24
|
0.32
|
22
|
0.52
|
20
|
0.83
|
18
|
1.31
|
16
|
2.09
|
14
|
3.31
|
12
|
5.27
|
10
|
8.37
|
8
|
13.3
|
6
|
21.2
|
4
|
33.6
|
2
|
53.5
|
1/0
|
|
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