How to simply and correctly connect a broken wire in a car so as not to call a tow truck

A broken wiring in a car can lead to big trouble, but sometimes it can be difficult to restore its integrity on your own. Clever tips from the Internet look simple and clear only in pictures, but in the “field” they may not help out. How to competently and easily restore a damaged wire, the AvtoVzglyad portal will tell.

Broken Russian roads and addiction to trips out of town often lead to sad consequences for car wiring - contacts become loose, terminals fall off, connections scatter. But even worse is our weather: half a year snow, half a year rain. Not all wires will be able to survive such a year-round test, and the problem, alas, rarely manifests itself in a car service or in a parking lot near the house. In a word, leaving the dacha on Sunday evening can be greatly delayed due to the breakage of a single thin wiring.

“Sofa” connoisseurs and Internet professionals will immediately remember how the “grandfathers” skillfully made twists and drove on. "Grandfathers", if anything, they could disassemble the drive in the field, and change the wheel bearing in the mud. And today you will not find a wheelbrace in every trunk - what can we say about other tools and skills of a modern driver.

Again, twisting the wire is a temporary solution, and what could be more permanent in Russia than something temporary? Such a connection is heated, it is not protected from moisture, but the saddest thing is that it quickly loosens up and falls apart again. So how do you connect the wires to someone who, for various reasons, cannot sort out the motor with one “10” key?

A competent mechanic who is familiar with electricians firsthand will confirm: twisting is decay, a collective farm and generally has no right to exist. Wires must be soldered. No soldering iron - use a terminal block. The two ends of the wire are connected using a die with two screw contacts. Old as the world, but still works. But this method also has its drawbacks: the “tails” must be carefully rolled up, correctly slipped into the contacts and no less competently screwed in small screws, for which, of course, there are no screwdrivers at hand. So sit in the field, pick with a knife from a multitool in the hope not to break off and hold out so that the connection does not unwind.

In order to avoid all these troubles once and for all, you need to find wago terminal blocks in any electrical store in advance and put them in the glove box. They cost mere pennies, and the wires are attached using convenient and easy-to-use clamps. Such a “gadget” allows you to restore the circuit without a tool at all: you stripped the wires with a key or any fragment that came to hand, inserted it into the terminal block and clamped it with your finger.

The connection comes out very reliable and durable, does not crumble from shaking and will allow not only to get to the house, but also to postpone a visit to a car service. The adapter will cost only 20 rubles and can be used an infinite number of times. The plastic is strong, does not crumble from engine compartment temperatures and frosts. In a word, not a life hack, but a complete solution.