Correctly Splice a Wire!

Hello everyone. My name is Matthew. I’ve been fixing fence for many years now and I know how important it is to maintain fences correctly. Cattle seem to always find a way to get out and the last thing a person needs is to have their weak wire splice snap. Giving someone’s cattle free access to their neighbor’s corn field. So, if one doesn’t want their livestock running all over the country side. Here are some simple steps that will give an individual a strong splice that is less prone to rust and will last for a very long time, let’s get started.

1. Pliers
2. Extra Wire

The first thing that we’re going to want to do is locate where our wire is broken or find the two wires that you are wanting to splice together. Next, we need these two wires to overlap by at least one foot, the more the better. This way we have enough wire to successfully complete our splice.

The second step is to take one wire and create a small loop that is about the same diameter as an index finger. Once we’ve created the loop, then we need to wrap all the extra wire back to itself. The second step of the process is now completed.

The third step is to take the second wire and start feeding it through the loop we created. Now we want to place the wire through the loop from the top and have it go all the way through to the bottom side, keeping the wire on the same side of the loop.

Once we have the wire through one side of the loop and on the bottom side. Bend the wire up and over the straight wire so that it will be on the other side of the loop. Once we have done this, enter the loop on the bottom side and on the opposite parallel side of the loop. The wire should exit the loop on top and be parallel to where we first started the wire.

Now that we’ve weaved our wire through the loop, it is now time to wrap the wire that went through the loop back to itself. One should make at least three wraps around itself to ensure a strong hold. Next, we’ll need to take a pliers and pinch our loop down. By splicing the wire this way, it spreads all the stress and pressure evenly and gives it more strength.