2:18 This helps a lot to get nice and even joints. Adding some (Flux filled) solder before removing the soldering iron helps to even out the Surface. 2:50 better heat the pad first and than add the Cable. Heating the cable first / too long will suck the molten solder into the cable and the cable becomes stuff.
@fullmoon6661
10 ай бұрын
Put some flux on both the tinned wire and pad before joining them together and your result will be much better.
@d614gakadoug9
10 ай бұрын
There should be no reason to add flux to either the freshly tinned wire or the pad.There should be lots of flux left from those operations. More just makes a mess.
@DaveEtchells
2 ай бұрын
Hakko makes a very heavy chisel tip that has a lot more thermal mass than the one you’re using and that works much better for heavy joints like this. I keep two irons on my bench, one usually has a medium chisel point and the other the biggest chisel for when I need to solder joints that have a lot of thermal mass themselves.
@d614gakadoug9
10 ай бұрын
A side note: If you are dealing with heavy stranded wire on a regular basis, I strongly recommend treating yourself fo cutters that have sort of semi-circular "cutouts" in each jaw. Some have two sizes of cutouts. The cutting edges are ground to be quite knife-like so the action is smoothly shearing rather than "crushing" like you get with 'diagonal cutters" or "side cutters." The result is very much neater, with each strand sliced cleanly through and the wire left quite round overall. They can also be used for stripping insulation if you are careful. Such cutters aren't very expensive. Unfortunately that seems to be because most of them are not made of really good, hard steel. The blades are easily damaged if you use them on something like RG-59 co-ax with a copper clad steel centre conductor. I'd be willing to pay considerably more for something made with high grade, well-hardened steel, but I can't find any. Even dog toenail cutters with similarly- shaped cutting edges work quite well on pure copper wires, though I suspect their longevity is even more limited. You can get large versions, including types for cable so big they are actuated with a hand-cranked hydraulic pump. Those about 10 inches (25 cm) long are useful for multipair cable such as 25 pairs of 22 AWG as used in audio or telecom. Again, don't use them on CCS wire. Actually, the wire in the video looks like it may have been cut with such cutters, given its neat appearance.
@d614gakadoug9
10 ай бұрын
Get a silicone pad to work on. It will take the temperature of molten solder unless the iron is cranked to the max. There are lots for sale from web vendors, but you can also get silicone baking sheets that are actually somewhat thicker and tougher if you get a good brand. I've seen silicone sheets in dollar stores and made good use of them for some things, but they are too thin as good soldering base.
@kennmossman8701
10 ай бұрын
I am leery - for fear that the pad will be ripped off at some point. Where possible I prefer to use a block connector. Another option is use a SHORT piece of smaller gauge wire - solder that to the PCB and either solder to the heavy gauge wire or solder to a block connector
@nhansgoofyvideos7581
10 ай бұрын
You should get some helper hand to hold it and some flux on the wire.... Would be much easier time.
@fhurqaan
10 ай бұрын
flux your wires and pads before applying solder. Using a high wattage soldering iron 80-100W makes it much easier.
@d614gakadoug9
10 ай бұрын
A little bit of flux on stranded wire can be helpful. There is no reason you should need extra flux on the pad unless the solder you are using is cheap rubbish with voids in its flux core. Far too many hobbyists slop great gobs of flux all over everything because their technique is poor.
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