Peltor Tactical sport ear defender repair

[paultap]

Hi guys, I have a set of Peltor Tactical sport electronic ear defenders which are quite a few years old, they still work well but the outer black rubber tubing covering the tiny inner wires running along the exterior is starting to split and perish with age and wear. I thought of trying to put some heat shrink over the damaged section, covering the inner wires but as they are so thin and tiny, the heat generated might well damage them, plus I would need to split the heat shrink over its entire length to get it to go over the wiring.

There are several companies advertising that they repair Peltor ear defenders but I would prefer to use one from personal recommendation.

Can anyone recommend a repair company from personal experience I wonder? Or maybe companies to avoid. Any help would be greatly appreciate.

 

[Donkey Basher]

From my experience, this is a common 'wear & tear' problem.

Had it happen to me when my first pair got old, I bought a replacement from Earshot Communications but am pretty sure that you can now only buy the complete headband with the cable in it.

As an alternative, and provided that you're up to a bit of DIY, you can unplug the cable from the two earpieces & then undo the rubber cover on the headband to remove it. Then cut off the old split outer covering & replace using a flexible heat shrink which I'm sure you can buy online easily enough.

Alternatively you could use a self amalgamating tape of the sort used for repairing car wiring looms.

You should not be in any danger of damaging the insulation to the thin inner wires - you'd have to burn the outer heat shrink to do that!

Hope this helps.

 

[VIGILAIRE]

A pal of mine had a set that packed up, not sure exactly why, and he sent them to GMK via a local gun shop. They came back 100% operational for less than 30 quid if I remember correctly.

 

[Klenchblaize]

Purchase a soldering iron.

K

 

[paultap]

Update to the above -

Shrink tube cant be used really unless you start getting into the intricacies of desoldering or somehow getting the wiring terminal block off to thread the tube over the wiring, the internal wiring looks very delicate and tiny, so I did not want to go down that route.

I tried splitting the heat shrink tube to make it easy to put over the wiring, but when heat is applied it is very difficult to control the contraction, the tube shrivelling up unevenly, unsatisfactory.

As the ear defenders still work perfectly fine, In the end I went for the easiest solution, ie, tightly winding several layers of some black electrical insulation tape to cover and reinforce the wiring.

It does the job and should last a while.

Many thanks for the replies guys.