How To Solder Wires
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- How To Solder Wires! This has been a requested video as to how I solder my wires together. I have been using this twist method for a few years now and very much like it. It is not always the easiest but I feel spending a bit of extra time here is valuable in the grand scheme of doing any wiring. One aspect I really like about this is how it does not add any size to the diameter of the joint meaning you can use smaller heat shrink. Another benefit of this is when you have multiple joints in the same area you are not adding any bulk to the harness section which helps wire routing.
Types of solder is an entirely different conversation so I'm not here to give any recommendations on that but I do prefer rosen core in a moderate size to make it easier to work with.
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Excellent tutorial, demonstrating excellent work and completion, thank you very much for sharing it, greetings from southern Argentina.
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Hi, I really like your videos and I learn new things and remember some old things...grin. But I want just want add one comment about solder and flux if I may . Viewers who may be trying this for the first time need to use rosin core solders and stay away from acid core solder. Newer rosin and acid core solders are manufactured with the solder wire as a tube and the tube contains flux. While rosin core wire is typically used in electronics, the acid core, is used for plumbing and denotes that the flux is an aggressive type designed to solder steel as well as other metals and can be a real problem when used on wires with insulation and circuit boards. Cheers
Hum.... really nice video on soldiering like the way you showed! Never seen it done like this before.... really cool ... thanks!!! Great tips man ! And I'm 52yers old... still learning I guess....lol
Nice tutorial. In the past I've had trouble getting the solder to flow properly throughout the entire joint on larger gauge wire. The smaller gauge stuff heats up pretty quickly making it easier to get the proper flow.
Excellent video. I will try to up my game! Regards from Canada 🇨🇦
I also have the Radio Shack model and the helping hands. Very Cool. Thank You for your soldering advice. Heat shrink is key.
Great video man. I like the fan,twist, pull method. I’m going to have to start using that. Another option instead of a wet sponge is to use a copper/brass scouring pad. You can stab your solder tip into it to clean it off. Started using that back when I didn’t have a water supply in my garage, and was always I’ll prepared without a wet sponge. Spit on a rag works in a pinch too. 😁
Thank ya! I think I use the sponge simply because its where our dish sponges go to die lol. Always a supply of them
Very useful, wish I'd seen this before 🤦🏻♂️
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Hey great job, just the right touch.
Thank you man.
I feel confident in my soldering skills but I bet I'm gonna learn something watching this.
Hmm okay, the fanning out the wires is a good idea. Seems like the wires would be better interlocked
To me it seems more consistent and the overall diameter of the joint doesn't increase much
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Good how to. Soldering seems to be one of the things you can do it a few different ways, and trying to find the most efficient way is the hard part. Then once you find what works best, it becomes habitual.
Exactly
We hand cranked telephone cables, 9 twists..then just do the tip. 3800pair. Paper sleeve.
That was Great BJ...!!
Loved the fanning out technique....,explained and demonstrated perfectly..
Made total sense and I'll be definitely doing it this way from now on..!
Great tutorial.,happy to say I learnt something new today as I followed along..
Thank you sir....
BG.
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Well done BJ great simple to follow guide, very neat and tidy.
Cheers Kevin
Thanks Kevin!
What has always been a mystery to me is why Americans pronounce the L in solder as a D
You mean simply leaving that letter out?
@@BrickHouseBuilds could be worse, you could do the same with flux
🤣🤣I gotta admit, it sounds weird to me too.
To be honest growing up we want to pronounce it "solder" but we don't want to be the black sheep when the older guys say "sodder".
I'm sure it's something we all go thru, even the older guys. So the cycle continues. It's literally spelled "solder" trust me. Same thing with aluminium, people will look at you like you have two heads if you say it correctly here because it's not common knowledge that the word is being mispronounced; so we continue to say it incorrectly.
Great tips now my soldering won't look like 💩
Just takes practice! I've had some 💩 soldering joints too
Excellent tutorial. Cheers.
Real nicely done & explained as per dude. The 'fan & twist' is the method I've started using to join wires. Was that the Clutch switch?
Clutch switch indeed!
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The soldering technique looked great 👍. Don't know if you were using rosin flux but I was taught to not use acid flux on wires, supposedly it eventually will corrode the wire.
The amount of times I've forgotten to put the heat shrink on before soldering... Lol
Same!
nice tip :) i will do it like that next time :) sweet div hack :P
Thanks for the vid ! I always find it tricky with my 60W solder iron to get the copper hot enough that the lead thread doesn't ball up on contact... what power is your iron ? Do you apply heat (and how long ?) on the copper wire prior to melting your lead thread on your solder iron ?
Thanks again !
Mine is 150w I believe. You saw how I do it in real time in regards to how long I do stuff
@@BrickHouseBuilds thanks !
would it burn the wire if the tip touch the wire ?
The soldering iron would melt the wire sheathing if you touched it yes. It will not melt the copper strands
this is an improper soldering technique that adds resistance and is also inconsistent in solder penetration. proper solder technique requires tinning both wires and placing them in a lap joint configuration before soldering. this will provide a strong, fully penetrated joint that will be almost unbreakable.
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As seen in another youtube channel testing voltage drops of different splices, both the lap join splice and the fan-twist splice have voltage drops near identical to an uninterrupted strand of copper wire set at 14.1V and 6.4A, which is very much sufficient for motorcycle standards.
I would argue that the fan-twist splice is much similar to the NASA-practiced lineman splice used in solid wire.
That said, the key really is to tin the wires first, twisting them tight, then properly applying flux and solder to fully cover every suface of the copper.
I worked for Radio Shack (Tandy Here) in 1990 not a good place to work!
My soldering skills are terrible. Especially when the wires are on the bike and can't be moved to the bench...not without removing the entire wiring harness, which would be a huge pain in the butt.
That definitely adds complexity but its a necessary evil
Imo Don't complicate it by fanning our the wires. Just twist them together. Some of use are paid by the job, not the hour.
IMO I don't half ass anything. I do everything to the absolute best of my abilities regardless of what it is. Its not an hourly/job thing.
@@BrickHouseBuilds let me clarify. I'm not saying don't solder. That looks great. I just don't think fanning out and intertwining the wire is necessary.