Soldering DC Wires

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The other real tip (like there are only two) is to get the work itself hot enough to activate the flux and flow the solder, and not just blob it on the surface with the iron or gun.

tthh said:
You haven't really soldered until you've done it in contorted positions, holding it in place and soldering at the same time, then have a ball of hot solder fall on your hand and you don't move so the joint doesn't get messed up while it cools :)
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Or you're holding the work with one hand, the soldering iron or gun in the other hand, and the solder in your mouth, trying to not breathe in the smoke and fumes from the flux as the solder melts. 😖
 
LarryFine said:
The other real tip (like there are only two) is to get the work itself hot enough to activate the flux and flow the solder, and not just blob it on the surface with the iron or gun.


Or you're holding the work with one hand, the soldering iron or gun in the other hand, and the solder in your mouth, trying to not breathe in the smoke and fumes from the flux as the solder melts. 😖
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The most common point from which I observe my soldering work is directly above it, so the smoke from the melting flux goes right up my nose and into my eyes.
 
With either iron or gun, you want a very small amount of molten solder on the tip......then put the iron / gun UNDER the joint. The molten solder greatly increases the area of heat transfer. Keep 'pecking' the joint with the tip of your solder until it starts to melt and flow. Use only enough solder to soak into the spaces between the wires, you should still be able to discern the contour of the wires under the solder,; if not you have used too much. Remove the iron / gun and don't move it till it cools.

Right about then comes the 'OH CRAP' moment when you realize that you forgot to put the heat shrink onto the wires ( to be shrunk later) before you soldered......
 
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