Can You Solder Electrical Wires Together

Electronics does not use tack soldering If you solder electronic stuff and just poke a little dit of solder into it then you are doing it wrong.

Can you solder electrical wires together. When it begins to melt solder the wires together. If youre not an old hand at soldering practice for a dozen or so joints before you try to do it under the dash with hot solder. The issue with aluminum is the oxide on the aluminum itself and it needs to be removed so the solder can.

Youll get a straight wire that has a little sideways bump in it so get a larger shrink tube to isolate it youll need two times the diameter of one wire. If Im piddling with stuff on the workbench and need a temporary connection then yeah Ill tack the joint together. It is an option when a normal solder job cant be done.

Just like you would do with two solid wires. After you complete these steps you can move onto soldering. When you are tinning the wires the resin will help the solder flow smoothly.

Such solders are called soft solders not to be confused with soft silver solder and have a low enough melting point to be melted with the tip of a soldering iron. Sorry I dont know the wire gauges but you. You can put electric tape around the exposed wire.

Soldering to aluminum is very difficult and quite different than soldering to copper or solder coated surfaces. I understand the stranded wire offers more flexibility but I am unsure on whether its bad practice to solder those together. Use nothing but 60-40 rosin-core solder intended for electrical wiring.

This brings the wires back together but is not a permanent fix making the soldering steps below necessary. Twisting the wire together also adds strength to the connection. Anything intended to stay together.