Properties of Butyl Rubber
How do you properly tape a motor lead connection? What type of tape do you use for a connection, and how many layers? We see lots of motor connections in the field – lots of them. And it is shocking what we find at times. A properly insulated connection is both reliable and safe (funny how safety and reliability complement each other). But it is a topic that seems to be overlooked and taken for granted.

Here at Swift, we stock a number of different electrical tapes. Some are adhesive, some are not and somewhere in the middle are our self-fusing tapes. These don't stick to surfaces but they do stick to themselves.