How to Solder USB Wires Together

[@trupyrodice4462]

The shrink wrap with solder in the middle is super easier and it keeps the wires insulated all in one go. Just put two ends of the wire in the shrink wrap where the band of solder is and heat it up. You don't even need a solder gun, solder, paste, or electricity! Just a nice jet lighter and you're good to go!!

[@nodbod-b2t]

Good idea.

[@themotofixery]

20 videos on how to solder 4 wires together! Woooo hoooo! I need to know how to configure the wires to get fast charging to work. Otherwise it's how to solder 4 wires!

[@greenbeginner9221]

Question: How do you heat up micro wires so that they will melt the solder before they burn up? I'm dealing with turntable tonearm phono micro wires. So far, I've burned up wire and melted no solder.

[@Moby604]

15 watts soldering iron is perfect for that shielded wire. Rubber tape is better than electrical tape, a pcb bus terminal connector is much better than coupling a wire that size to avoid grounding.

[@dowblab]

Is it okay if the wires touch? I thought each one had to be insulated from each other or else they would short

[@almacecy3998]

He said, he used electrical tape around each one before the insulation.

[@Sagemeister007]

I think he said he said he use electrical tape around this. He didn’t say each. And wrapping electrical tape would be a challenge since the gap btwn wires are limited.

[@edhooper1421]

Thx for the video! Soldering USB cables aren't as painstaking once you take your time with it.

[@lafamillecarrington]

Why do you not dip the second wire in the flux? I'd have thought that would allow the solder to flow more easily. I recently saw a video in which they only partly removed the insulation and used that to twist the wires together. It did seem to give a better result, without the odd rogue strand sticking out.

[@pierrex3226]

Very nice. And so that works just fine for data cables? I understand how electricity flows in a copper cable, but I don't know how data flows. I don't think you can just cut and patch optic fibre for example.

[@finflyrc416]

Heat shrink exists. Electrical tape around a solder joint is guaranteed to fail.

[@WingMaster562]

Yet that's how Ive been joining wires for a decade now, and it does hold up as long as you wrap it tight and not too much. But I would prefer heat shrink when available, it's just cleaner and more professional

[@bobpointer7420]

Trying to put shrink tubing on each wire is a pain. The heat of the wire while soldering causes one end of the shrink wrap to shrink making it almost impossible to push over the joint The only solution is to make your wires long enough and use one of those clip on heat sinks to keep heat away from the wrap. don't forget one large wrap to cover the whole joint.

[@SSJ3Mewtwo]

Love the focusing/not focusing Decent video aside from that.

[@oddpercentage1157]

Thank you, I needed this to fix my racing wheel

[@3HUNNAGLORYBOY]

i’ve been trying so hard to do it without watching a how to if this doesn’t work i’m gonna cry

[@kathysturm4251]

would you mind posting links to all your tools that you are using? Thank you

[@gkeith4120]

Pretty unit you are not twisting the wires together you are twisting the strands of the wires together and you are also using the flex to make it flow that’s flow.

[@SimowLabrim]

Can this affect the data transmission speed of the cable?

[@MrDarksachet]

no

[@lefteristsintjelis5515]

Good luck with the insulation and the data transfer speeds!

[@srtghfnbfg]

I'm a noob, and I completely agree with how insulation will be a pain in the ass since he didn't put the heat shrinks before soldering; but how is data transfer speed going to be affected ?

[@lefteristsintjelis5515]

@@srtghfnbfg High speed transfer rates require impedance continuity through out the length of any cable. If you cut it, this changes and it is not continuous anymore. With low speeds that should not be a big issue but as the speed increases this can be a problem.

[@srtghfnbfg]

@@lefteristsintjelis5515 that's interesting =o so the solder changes the impedance at that specific region since there's 2 different materials (e.g. the wire and the solder) ?

[@avproductions5184]

What if you don’t care about data transfer and just need the power. (I’ll use heat shrink on the wire

[@realsupa_dupa]

Thank you.

[@alicomando1195]

Why my silderungs are Not Solid? And The Silder Doesnt Stick To Soldering iron?!!

[@surco3266]

Cheers mate pretty sure I know how to fix my cable know

[@MuradBeybalaev]

This was painful to watch. 😅Reminded me how I soldered as a kid. If you want the solder to bond well to the wire - it needs to be brought up to an optimal temperature with the iron where the solder coming into contact with melts into a stable liquid without spontaneous recrystalization yet not too runny to drip right off, then let the happy couple cool down naturally together. Feed solder onto the hot wire. You're not getting a good bond by using the iron tip as a vessel, introducing runny solder from it onto a cool wire - they just don't vibe. Flux sure helps mask and partially mitigate it. And the separate step of coupling two wires together reheats the solder in a better kind of way. Those hacks did feel sufficient to me as a kid too but it's tough to look at my past botches.

[@markymark959]

Too fast….ridiculous, slow down film

[@JdsjsKdmem]

Electric tape?