Originally Posted by
daved123
Anjuna, I used these extensively in the '60s and '70s, the sleeves were available in many colours and were applied by dipping the prong tips of the Hellermann applicator tool in Hellerine, inserting the prongs into the sleeve (you did remember to slide the sleeve on the wire before soldering, didn't you ?? ) squeezing the handle to open the three prongs and sliding the sleeve over the connection. Unsqeeze the handle and remove prongs.
The tool was colloquially known as the "virgin urger", that must have been referring to using a new sleeve each time...
probably too much info but there you are.
DaveD
Thanks for that "blast from the past" !
"you did remember to slide the sleeve on the wire before soldering, didn't you ?? " Nope, not always....
CJ