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For our purposes I am going to speak of the type of soldering that attaches two wires together or one wire to a connector- the sort of soldering that any backyard mechanic might need to do when working on any electrical component or the wires that connect them together in almost any type of vehicle.
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The idea is simple: to join electrical parts together to form an electrical connection, using a molten mixture of lead and tin (solder*) with a soldering iron. A large range of soldering irons is ... Solder joints may need to possess some degree of mechanical strength in some cases, especially with wires soldered to,
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> wire ends and solder them together, ...and I bet that it works just fine for you; but to me, not twisting the wires together in some fashion prior to soldering seems completely counterintuitive. I don't even think I could make my fingers do it<g>.
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Soldering can be a difficult skill to master, ... Once you have snaked the other piece through the hole, make another eye with that end, locking the two pieces of wire together. Tin the new eye just as you did the first. Use pliers to flatten the area where the two ... This is the strongest method of splicing wires that I know.
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Prepare the wires to be joined; While the soldering iron is heating, ... Join the wires mechanically; Twist the wires together to make a good mechanical connection between them. If there are impurities in the solder, and the wires are not directly touching each other, then although there may be a strong physical...
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Curt Miller wrote: I do brek out in a sweat at the thought of soldering wires together and have never been successful: at best, the solder balls up and rolls off the twisted wire like water beads up on a fresh wax job.
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The process of soldering wires together or a wire to a tab (such as a motor tab) is very similar to soldering batteries. The main difference is the wattage of the iron to be used. 60+ watt irons will tend to be to hot and will melt surounding plastic or insulation.
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