How To Solder Automotive Electrical Wires

Its the act of using heat via a soldering iron and a fusible metal the solder to create the electrical connection.

How to solder automotive electrical wires. SOLDERING KIT INCLUDED60-watt digital soldering station with side-mounted solder roller holder removable built-in soldering iron holder to ensure soldering iron safety cleaning Sponge to remove solder residue for future use 2 helping hands to fix welded objects and solder tips holder to put solder tips. Just make sure you use the right size for the wire. Use heat shrink to cover the connection.

Twist the ends together on the other splice area. As the copper wire heats up the solder will be drawn into the copper strands. Also use special care when using.

Can anyone give me any tips. Be sure theres enough consistent solder left on the tip. This is the solder I am using.

When stripping leave the insulation being stripped from the wire covering the tip of the wire so that it can be easily removed by hand but so that it protects wire strands from fraying at the endpoint. These are the wires Im using. In this video Ill show you three different ways of soldering Automotive WiringNote.

Once the connection evenly turns the correct silver color of solder remove the soldering iron and allow the joint to cool. The solder should be fed into the cool side away from the heat which allows it to be drawn in smoothly by the heat transfer through the wires. Dead link also not available on the Wayback Machine Similar to this wire.

Tin the end of both wires by clamping them in your third hand jig and holding the iron under the wire and allowing solder to flow into the wire from above. The center contains flux that cleans the surface of the wire to be soldered. If you want the kids to be able to solder the wire it will be good for you to tin it first as the flux fumes are also nastier than those of conventionally fluxed solder.