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Old 04-02-2024, 19:36   #1
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Teeny Tiny Wire - Big Headache
I needed to replace my masthead anchor/tri-color assembly. Bought a fancy high tech LED unit. Time now to connect it and I am stumped. Cables running to masthead are 12g. Pigtail on new light is tiny. Really tiny. Smaller than the Hella fan wires. Smaller than my LED cabin lights. I'm talking really small.


There is no step-down crimp connector for this. Soldering (26 awg?) to 12g. looks extremely doubtful. Folding over the conductor 2 or 3 times and trying to crimp doesn't seem very professional or secure and there still is no appropriate butt connector for such a huge discrepancy in wire gauges.


What to do? TIA
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