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How To Splice Wires
Buy connectors with as many ports (or more) as wires you need to splice together. Cut each wire so they're the same length.
Heat shrink tubing is made of cross-linked polymers, which are polymers in which the monomer units are cross linked together ...
If you've spent any time DIY-ing around your house, you've probably seen wire nuts. They're the colorful, twist-on connectors ...
which is made up of rows of four IDCs that are used to splice pairs together. There are also 110 blocks that connect a punched down wire on one side to preconnected patch cords with connectors ...