Soldering

[Richard Strickland]

Keep the male and female plugged up, tin both the plug staub? and the wire with plenty of flux paste.  A good sized clean tipped iron seems to work best--but a good HOT gun will do.  I clamp the plug into a small drill vise--more paste on the connector and wire--heat the back-side of the connector and let the heat transfer through the connector to the wire for it all to melt together.  Don't mess around too long or you'll melt the high heat plastic.  I generally hold the wire with needle-nosed pliers with my hand resting on the bench for stability.  Don't know if this is the 'proper' way--but I get a good joint.  Remember to put your heat shrink tubing on the wire BEFORE the soldering operation for sliding it down on to it afterward.  On a high usage connector, I have used two sizes of heat shrink tubing to help transfer some of the stresses away from the joint.

RS
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Nat Penton 
  To: discussion at nsrca.org 
  Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 11:10 AM
  Subject: Soldering


  I'm having difficulty getting a solder job that I'm proud of using Deans Ultra connectors and wet noodle wire. Any comments would be appreciated.

  Worried about reduced capacity.
                                                        TIA         Nat


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