I was watching an episode of How it's Made where they were showing the production of a dash board for an Indy race car. On the back of switches, gauges, and other electrical terminals they used a heat shrinkable boot. I believe they were made by Raytheon. The boots resemble the boot on the back of an alternator (12 volt hot terminal). Never seen them before. I will do a search and see if I can come up with a source. Neat item.
I saw that as well very neat! would be great for stuff like the starter solenoid and alternator connections.
I didn't see the how it's made episode, but heat shrink stuff is great. I recently used some heavy wall (.020) tubing to change the OD of some metric engine heater oulet/return tubes so I could use an aftermarket sae heater hose kit....worked perfect. I just saw some at Lowe's, surprisingly enough. It is in their electrical department, as it is used also to seal undergound electrical pipe joints.
Rich - I have not found a source yet, but I may have gotten the name wrong. I think the correct name is Raychem, not Raytheon.
I thought that was a strange product for an electronics company...Are they still around? Last Raytheon I saw was in Mass. years ago.
Rich - I think I may have tracked down the company Raychem. They specialize in heat shrink products. Their website is not the best so I will try to contact them soon.
Here is some on eBay
http://www.ebay.com/itm/RAYCHEM-202K153-25-0-Lipped-System-25-Shrink-Boot-NEW-/321150503963 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/RAYCHEM-202K153-25-0-Lipped-System-25-Shrink-Boot-NEW-/321150503963)
That's them. Thanks. I believe they also have angled boots that heat shrink.