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Originally Posted by Becca334
Soldering is easier and will also last longer. Just make sure to have either heat shrink or electrical tape for the solder afterwards.
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Put the heat shrink tubing onto one of the wires before soldering. In fact, you might try five tubes in all. One for each of the joints, and one larger one to go over them all. I concur about not using flames to shrink. If allowing a teen to shrink, threaten punishment in advance for aiming the heater inappropriately.
Hair dryers are weak (diffuse) compared to the concentrated stream of the tool for shrinking.