== Buying Heat Shrink Tubes <ref name = "ref2" /> ==Heat shrink tubing comes is available in a wide range variety of colors and sizes. It also comes with a variety wide range of protection levels, including heavy wall, multiple wall, and single wall. <br \>Here are some things to parameters you should consider if you’re buying heat shrink tubing:* '''Maximum diameter of your cable bundle:''' This will help you choose the correctly-sized heat shrink right size of your tubing. Remember, your tubinghas to go over your wire before melting.* '''Temperature range of your environment :''' Some heat shrink Depending on this, you will choose tubing is rated to extremely having a high and low temperaturesoperational temperature range, while other tubing is designed for more moderate environmental conditionsor a lower range.* '''Wall thickness:''' Heat Typically, heat shrink tubing is typically categorized by heavy wall, multiple wall, and single wall tubes. Thicker walls have a higher cost and can thicken your cables, but provide enhanced improved durability, rigidity, and abrasion resistance – but come at an extra cost and can unnecessarily thicken your cable arrangementrigidity.* '''Required resistance properties:''' For example, If your wires may be exposed to oils or chemicals , you would require your tubing to have chemical and oilsoil resistance properties.

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'''2:1 ratio:''' These tubes shrink to half its their original size when heat is applied <br \>'''3:1 ratio:''' These tubes shrink to one third of its their original size when heat is applied