Looking for some ideas!

I'm fitting some split corrugated plastic tubing to my wiring loom (see pic), but can't find a neat and tidy way to deal with the various wires that branch off of the main loom. Anyone got any ideas?
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heat shrink ?

Spiral wrap... or smaller diameter corrugated tubing?

or heat shrink tube. Tape round the split tube either side of where you branch off and anchor your tape to it then wrap close to where you want it but leave some spare so you can see the colour and allow for cockups with the connectors.

smaller diameter corrugated tubing and a few zip ties makes the whole thing look neat.

Trick is to run some of the small tubing inside the large main tubing then zip tie around the main tubing before and after where you branch off it with the smaller stuff. Hope this makes sense if not I'll post a photo.

I used very small diameter split corrugated and sealed the join with self amalgamating tape

Literally just done this, used larger convoluted tubing for the main loom and then the branches are in smaller tubing which is the pushed into the larger tubing.

I have then wrapped the joints with some insulating tape to keep it from pulling out the main tubing. The whole lot is then fixed with cable tie anchors and cable ties.

Behind the dash I found it a bit cumbersome to use the convoluted tubing so wrapped the wires in the non-adhesive loom tape.

HTH,
Rich.

You can get clip on T-pieces that go on the end of convoluted tubing. I'm pretty sure RS sell them, an they will go from a large tube to smaller ones.

Thanks for the hints and tips guys!

I think I'll try using smaller dia. corrugated tube and secure with self almalgamating tape as Mark suggests.

Off to the garage it is then

Cheers

Nick

Raychem produce moulded heatshrink boots (tees, 'Y's etc) for harnessing applications - cheap they ain't but they are the dog's nuts if you want a quality finish.

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I raided the scrap yard and got two carrier bags full of the split corrugated stuff that Renault,Ford,Vauxhall etc use. Also picked up 20 to 30 of the tee pieces.
Total cost? £2.......

Looks good as new if washed in a bucket of soapy water. Every diameter from 5mm to 45mm is available. Av a look at some of my archive pic for the result.

I added heat shrink to the wires to stop them rubbing as they break out then used a smaller diameter tube and taped up the joint with electrical tape
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