How To Solder Small Wires

Use electrical tape over the bent wire and secure it.

How to solder small wires. You could also twist them before soldering to increase mechanical strength. For 12AWG 14 quick connect terminals will be fine. I will show you how to solder wires together the right way to seal the solder joint with heat shrink is a must and you also need to make sure you do not have a cold solder joint.

I solder the shield connection first. Touch the tip of the soldering iron to the copper wires. Keep the iron in place and touch the solder to the wire until its fully coated.

For small wires and quick jobs you could simply solder one wire directly next to the other. Then take the iron away and dont touch anything. If you have a tiny ball of solder on the tip you can get the ball to stay behind at the joint as DZE indicates.

Ideally the wire should be slightly pressing on the tab. Use heat shrink to cover the connection. This will heat the wire to allow your solder to melt.

Automotive wiring should be soldered and protected properly in order to withstand all types of weather rain snow and salt. Pinch the wire tip between the solder and the iron tip to tin and flow the wire end. If you do it right you get a big melted bead ON the iron but with the wires running through the middle of it.

Soldering small wires to very small connections such as unused pins on QFPs You can DIY a tripod holder or just buy one probe tip makes the tripod. The wire is made up of 32 pieces of Litz wire 320 strans of 004 wire. The wires are so small that the solder doesnt really stick so what you have to do is as quickly as possible melt the solder onto the iron but with the joint DIRECTLY in the middle of the two.