Soldering Basics - Popular Solder Connections

Several types of popular solder connections shown. These are commonly used in things like cars, boats, trailers, RVs, motorcycle wiring harnesses, solar projects, low voltage yard lighting, drip systems, crystal radio antennas, etc.
SOLDERING BASICS VIDEO: 4 Steps to Good Solder Joints
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The equipment is nothing fancy - it works - but better equipment makes soldering easier and more fun. The big soldering gun is an ultra-cheapie from China - supposed to be 300 watts but I think it's actually more (note the tip turns red hot in some videos!) The little soldering gun is also low cost, at 30 watts with a 120 watt, 30 second boost in the trigger switch. The solder is rosin core 60/40.
WARNINGS:
- Soldering can be dangerous. If you do not know soldering safety, learn it or don't solder.
- Never solder live circuits of any type.
- Soldering house wiring, power wiring, etc. is outside the scope of this video. That should be left to professionals only.
- Electricity can cause damage, fires, burns and death. If you don't know about electricity, learn before doing.
- These are demonstrated for hobby work, low voltage - low amperage applications. NOT for mains voltages or currents or similar.
- Never use lead type solders where it will come in contact with food or drink or where it will come in regular contact with people.
- Lead is toxic. Take care to ensure that the byproducts / waste are contained and disposed of properly. Never hold solder in your mouth. Have proper ventilation.
- This is for hobby soldering only. Industrial users have more stringent requirements for industrial or large scale soldering operations.
- This is not all inclusive. If you don't know, get training before continuing.
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[@tsbrownie]

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[@duaneborgaes9223]

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[@paulking8055]

7 years old and still helping people. Thanks very much, helped me a lot.

[@tsbrownie]

Glad to hear that, thanks.

[@Tylerl128]

I love KZbin because of videos like this, where the pros go out of their way to show us, newbies how it's done, and the right way! The education side of KZbin is my favorite part of KZbin lol

[@fr3dfixit945]

Thank you! Getting ready to solder a bunch of wires and this is exactly what I needed before starting. Also, very grateful for the closed-captioning; can't always be in a listening-friendly environment, so being able to read the narration is awesome!

[@tsbrownie]

Glad I could help!

[@fatpigbonzo]

Subtitles also help us non-hearing folk too :)

[@Ottonic6]

The tube butt splice was a great demonstration of how solder flows towards the heat source. Thanks!

[@bergamotewilks]

13:23 "this is a tremendously strong joint" This video is a goldmine for hip-hop samples

[@thomashardin911]

Hip-hop samples?

[@Th13GhOsTs]

@@samnassgood thinking batman, but obviously if you have a soldering iron then use it, solder won't corrode as bad as the copper 😂

[@dustinwolfe9591]

I got it. This comment is solid gold lol

[@pascaljean2333]

@@samnass but soldering was the whole point of the video no?

[@bobmutchseo]

lol forget the strong joint and that will shatter your reality

[@WelcomeToMyDream]

Thanks for the video! It is so cool that after soldering for years, then not soldering for years, I can find such a good video in 2 minutes. Brushed up on the usual plus learned new stuff, can't beat it.

[@boorandras9723]

After some years of working with custom electronic projects I don't think that I'm a "noob" in soldering, but I could learn something new from this video. Thanks! :)

[@JimiHendrix998]

Good sense, nice, simply and clearly shown. Thank you. I wish we could prrsuade our buddies over the pond that "Solder" has an "L" in it ! ;)

[@michaeldougfir9807]

It's quite a long time since I first learned these things in school -- decades. Thank you for using your materials and for the demonstrations. Nice work!

[@tsbrownie]

Thank you. Very kind words. Comments like yours make it worthwhile doing.

[@joedejesus6363]

Great Tutorial, I took up electronics in High School, this lesson brings back some techniques I've completely forgot. Thanks for a great video.

[@tsbrownie]

You are most welcome and thank you for the kind words.

[@craxd1]

I remember learning all of those splices, and our soldering lessons, in Vo-Ed, back in 1982-83. The field splice is a tricky one, as you have to tie a double loop knot in the wire. The Western Union is the one I use most, even today.

[@dougg1075]

craxd1 same here 86-87

[@rocks4real]

To be honest; It this has cost me two hour lifetime to find a sensible video finally all my questions on the cable solder to a satisfactory result led! Many thanks for it!

[@tsbrownie]

I am glad you liked it. I started soldering when I was 6, I'm now 62. Taken courses along the way and done lots of soldering, so it has taken me a long time to learn!

[@larrywebb8309]

A lot of good knowledge , I would add that after you wrap one wire around another wire squeeze them together with vise grips or a simular clamping tool , then solder. Thanks for sharing the video

[@threecats407]

In the hvac trades for years and do some electric too. Never saw that Western Union splice. Very cool!

[@LifesAdventures555]

I am the worst solderer in the world. You are truly a professional and make it look so easy. Great Video!! Thanks

[@phillamoore157]

Excellent video... Still trying to find an efficient way to solder 10awg wire (used on marine trolling motor) together, to where the solder soaks all the way through. Got the soldering iron set to 750, using the largest tip I can get for that iron, and generous with the flux. The one thing I DIDN'T do was flux all the strands before "pushing" them together, nor did I use a piece of wire to hold it all in place, which from some of the videos I've seen looks like it may help distribute the heat around the joint helping the solder soak better. These videos are very helpful! So, thank you for taking the time 👍

[@tsbrownie]

Thank you for the kind words. 10 AWG should not be a big problem to solder. There are 2 "secrets" to soldering. 1) the work piece must be clean, bright fresh copper. Really clean. NO oxide. NO oils (from fingers, etc). 2) You must have adequate heat. Everything else is a "nice to have." And NEVER use acid flux on copper wiring. It will soak down into the insulation and keep eating away at the copper until it breaks. (I made this mistake, tried to clean out the flux over years, and still lost the battle. The stuff is cancerous.) So first, clean copper. Second, mechanically secure the connection. I have wrapped connections, but only when they are dodgy and I had no choice (emergecy boat wiring repair), not for heat dissipation. I have secured pig tail joints with a solderable crimp connector, but that was for mechanical strength. Third, apply flux if needed. Fourth, apply heat. Solder should melt at least 3 or 4 millimeters from the tip of the soldering iron (without having to touch the soldering iron). Finer solder costs more, but is easier to work with.

[@phillamoore157]

@@tsbrownie WOW...what an amazing reply. Thank you so much. Do you by any chance have an e-mail address you're ok to share on here? I'd like to send you a couple pics of exactly what I'm working with. I find something (off of a sheer hunch) that I think will answer a lot of questions and want to see your thoughts on it. As I stated before it's 10awg wire, but all the "bare" wire, when stripped is silver. I'm wondering if that's why the solder wasn't soaking through. I was able to scrape off that silver coating to get what looked like bare copper, but can't imagine doing that with all that wire, especially given how easy the individual strands can be. I honestly have no idea if the flux is "acid" or not, I didn't see the word acid anywhere, I just know it's MG Chemicals "no clean", and I'm using 63/37 almost religiously, and I upped the heat to 800. I purchased the widest tips I could, as well. I'm going to test the motor over the next couple of days to see if what I did actually worked. If it does, then the only thing I need to do is clean up the solder job which looks like typical newbie, gloopy sh!t. BUT........if that's the only part I got wrong, then I'll consider it a success, given how involved the repair was in the first place. It will then just be a matter of re-soldering the joint till I get it "proper". *I can't thank you enough for such a great reply. Let me know on that e-mail, or if you have a business site you can directly me to outside of KZbin. I'd like to stay in touch on this project till I'm satisfied it's done at a reasonable level.* Hope you had a very Merry Christmas, and if we don't talk, are able to bring in the New Year in a happy healthy, safe manner. 🙏

[@tsbrownie]

@@phillamoore157 From the MG website "This tacky no-clean flux paste uses a mix of rosin, thickener, and high-grade synthetically refined resin." So it should be OK. If the solder is "gloopy", it sounds like it's not getting hot enough, but that's just a guess. Also, a big tip on the soldering iron/gun may be an issue: too much mass to heat up. I'm not a pro, just been doing it for 61 years and had some training. I can't accept emails, especially with attachments; if you saw the dozens of daily account hacks I'm subject to, you'd understand why. Thank you for the Merry Christmas and New Year's wishes, my best to you and yours also!

[@BlueRidgeMarine]

This is why I like You-Tube. Been soldering for many years, yet I still learned something today, Nice camera work too. Thank you.

[@tsbrownie]

+BlueRidgeMarine Thank you for the good words.

[@afrog2666]

I`ve been soldering for around 20 years now and I still learned something here :) Thumbs up ;)

[@HappySlappyFace]

you are 47

[@afrog2666]

LoL, no.. You`re off by 11 years bud ;)

[@HappySlappyFace]

jan christian Frodahl damn

[@afrog2666]

Maybe I should change my profile pic :p

[@HappySlappyFace]

jan christian Frodahl xD

[@suzannta2827]

Thank you for not taking this video down that you made in 2015. I am going to solder my Swann Camera wire right now, this really helped me to get the courage to do it myself. Gracias from Mexico

[@theultimatesauce]

You know your stuff man. It was nice to see the types of connections you can solder with and the benefits of them.

[@tsbrownie]

Thank you.

[@capnchip]

A varietion of the tube- with- hole method is to make a coil of smaller single strand wire around a drill bit that is the same size as the wire to be soldered and long enough to cover both bare wire ends, slip ends in each end of "wire tube" and solder. Makes a very nice connection. And can be used when little or no extra wire is available to twist together.

[@ScrewballMcAdams]

Great tips! Thanks! Unfortunately, it never ceases to amaze me how someone, like you, goes to considerable tima, trouble and probably expense to setup, record, narrate, upload and ultimately share some valuable experience you've learned over the years only to have 1 or 2 so-called "experts" (legends in their own minds) who've done none of the above criticize your effort with hurtful commenrs. KZbin is overrun with these trolls who get some thrill out of putting down other people. So please disregard the negativity from those assholes. This was a terrific, extremely helpful tutorial for me. Thanks again.

[@carlosjoelgarcia3200]

Your teaching style is superb and your camera close ups deliver the final touches. Thank you for sharing your skills, techniques and education with us noobs... Cheers.

[@MaturePatriot]

Thanks for the video. Helps alot. Just received a de-soldering tool, and proper flux. Using your information and proper tools should help.

[@wmoy8507]

Thanks. A lot of good info. For the last spice I personally would include two smaller heat shrink before I solder the two splices and then a bigger one over both splices. I just like the better insulation of double heat shrink.

[@NNITRED]

Staggering the joints is a great idea. Thanx mate.

[@tango-bravo]

Thank you for this informative and helpful video. Enjoyed watching and def. learned somethings. I am in the process of wiring a CB to my car and this information will help a lot. I did wire a simple electric guitar once, P90 pickup and one volume one tone pot and I wish I knew these soldering tips at the time. Although the guitar functioned OK, the wiring cavity was not something I was in a hurry to show off!

[@TM-pc1se]

I was looking at basic soldering techniques and came across this video. This is excellent. Thanks so much for making this.

[@tsbrownie]

Thank you, glad you found it useful.

[@RobertL78]

I have to solder connectors onto video coax cables used underwater that sometimes get water intrusion and corrode the shield or core. That trick for corroded with is a really good idea. I'll be using that one for sure. Thanks.

[@Tylerl128]

thank you for posting this, it was a huge help!

[@TheDarvec1]

Got my first iron today and I've soldered everything except the cat ;) pre fixing the connection by wrapping it in fine wire is a win, really makes a neat job, cheers. Now for the 2 wobbly usb ports.....

[@Kek5kopF]

Some good tricks in this video, thanks.

[@Promethium666]

The last tip i found to be the best one, ive only recently started some soldering at home and i've spliced both wires at the same point like a right donut.

[@tchevrier]

great video. I agree with pretty much everything you said. The only exception being the t-splice. I would never do it that way mainly because taping it or heat shrinking it becomes complicated. I would simply do a 2-1 one joint, slide a pice of heat shrink over all three wires and then a larger piece over the entire thing.

[@TheRebuilt1]

Great work and explanations. Really clean joints and never thought of wrapping wire around two bad/compromised joints. Nothing like age and wisdom that's in short supply these days . Thanks for posting.

[@tsbrownie]

Thank you!

[@stewartloughrey2683]

This is the best soldering video to watch and learn by. Thankyou very much mate.

[@Lycantroph71]

Great video! Sometimes it helps to drink a few shots before soldering thin wires, it helps with the shakeing. :-)

[@Clappinkyle]

When I was working at a company producing power electronic components for the Japanese market we conducted a lot of tests on how to achieve the strongest joints when splicing wires together. We worked in a team for about a year and a half trying out different soldering and cold welding techniques to see which one should end up in production. But, in clinical testing including corrosion, water, conductivity and pull testing conclusively it turned out that a correctly crimped butt splice without solder was (although very contradictory to our preconception) the strongest joint for our application. I should point out that it took high quality components and a specific typ of hydraulic crimping tool that had to crimp the splices at an exact point on the butt splice to achieve this result (which works fine if you're, say, a robot who can repeat the exact operation a million times without error). Yet in the face of all that produced evidence, I still hold a firm belief in just soldering the damn thing... it just makes so much more sense!

[@passiton3801]

Amazing, I have never heard of or seen these techniques!

[@laurencevillegarage]

Great information, thanks for taking the time to make an easy to understand video. Learned some new things today!

[@slepycitron]

Practical, no fuss description. Thank you.

[@simperfidelisfck]

if you, like me, have tried to assemble cables with bad results, one must believe that this video be made for me.for some it is probably quite obvious how one should do. But for me it is an instructive video. Many thanks to you. that you bother to take the time to show what you can do.👍

[@tsbrownie]

+Marc Berg Thank you. Glad that it's of use to you.

[@JerryEricsson]

Reminencent of the old Field Wireman course at Fort LeonardWood Mo back in 1970 but we did"t use solder as we were in the "field" and most of the time didn't have access to solder or irons. We made some very strong splices in the old field wire with it's multi construction of steel and copper wires. Interesting none-the less, and very usefull now that I am getting into the HAM scene.

[@mrkrasker9609]

Nice to see someone demonstrating good soldering practices on KZbin. I have worked in TV and radio engineering and industrial electronics just about all my life and it drives me nuts to see how some people solder. I did a NASA soldering corse years ago and it stuck with me.

[@tsbrownie]

Well thank you. I was not lucky enough to learn from NASA. I learned at the end of a fist; I was my older brother's slave and got it right or got hit. ;(

[@mrkrasker9609]

I worked in a TV repair shop when i was 16 answering the phone and selling TVs and radios and keeping the store clean. I got beat with a broom just about every day if i did not sweep the floor correctly so I know what you are talking about learning at the end of a fist. Your brother sounds like my older brother who beat on me quite often.

[@tsbrownie]

Yes, the good thing is that what does not kill us makes us stronger.

[@mrkrasker9609]

first, when soldering you must make a good mechanical connection, he has done that. 2nd, I see no cold solder joint. 3rd He is talking mostly about making automotive and marine connections. Solder is not a glue as some You Tubers seem to think it is. I have seen countless examples of horrendous soldering tutorials on KZbin this is not one of them. Might I suggest if you are such an authority on soldering practices that you post a video on the subject so we all can benefit from your soldering repertoire.

[@tsbrownie]

Thanks for your comment. I looked up that guy's youtube page, just a bunch of song lists. He's a troll. I run a clean establishment ;). I don't mind criticism, but I frown on people like him swearing, attacking others personally and trolling in general. I deleted his comment. If he comes back I will block him.

[@butchroberts7224]

Great job. 40 yrs of oxy/acetylene and Tig experience here and still struggle with solder with an iron. Stumbled across this looking for a clean way to insulate a branch on a wire harness with shrink wrap or expandable loom.

[@tsbrownie]

Thank you. Been soldering for 54 years now. ;)

[@josephsmith6924]

Thank you so much you have officially revived my interest in electronics.

[@tsbrownie]

Thank you for that.

[@rmcustom9573]

Thank you ! I too, have been soldering for 30+ years, mostly Automotive 12V wiring/harnesses/systems. Cars, Trucks & Harleys. I'm OCD when it comes to wiring connections & soldered joints ! Ha ! Ha ! Ha ! That's a good thing. I love it though. And I've learned a few nice tricks here as well ! Very good job tsbrownie, and thank you so much for taking your time & sharing your knowledge ! It will be put to very-good use on my end, fer sure !

[@tsbrownie]

Thanks for the comment and all the good words! Glad you found it useful.

[@michaelgovers8036]

Man, it is so nice to see someone out there who knows how to solder, millions out there need to watch this ;)

[@yagoa]

Love the mesh splice! I love using silicone tinned copper wire with a jet-lighter, takes some practice but really rewarding and by far the fastest way w/o a hot iron

[@ComandanteJ]

Very useful vid man!

[@bernie10315]

The lineman, I usually call a reverse wrap. It is the strongest splice.

[@loscrimefighter1899]

Thanks for taking the time to post this-turns out I didnt know nearly as much about soldering as I thought I did! 👍

[@tsbrownie]

Very welcome.

[@flatspider]

Great video … I actually learnt the names of some of the methods I’ve been using

[@bernardreynolds1]

Thank you for a clear no nonsense or bad music, or sexy presentation of good information. Bernard

[@tsbrownie]

Thank you for noticing! ;)

[@rotasjon8578]

I've also learned that IF the soldered area breaks loose, you should form the wire ends like hooks before you solder them together. So you have the physical strength to hold the wires together, just in case the soldering breaks. Even though it looks like your method also will have strength if it breaks. Very great video though! I've never heard of the silicone before, but I'll consider trying it :)

[@tsbrownie]

Thank you. Making hooks works, as does twisting. A good mechanical connection is always recommended. The joints I did with the bigger wires will hold my 88 kilos of weight. If a joint breaks it means it was "cold" or not done correctly (or may have overheated and melted).

[@johnnorris1615]

thanks nice video..never had soldering lessons so good info

[@clausrnfeldtwillemoes7381]

Very informative, nice camera work. I just got one thing to add, when you solder multi strand wires, they become stiff. To avoid the joint to brake due to shakes (in any vehichle) strap the joint close to exsisting wire to keep it steady, beeing supported) Fine work not too much solder, the strands should be as yours, visible. (I learned my soldering when I was with the Danish Airforce - things we soldered had to be as good or better than the original)

[@tsbrownie]

Thank you . Yes good point. I did not go into strain relief and fastening. Maybe a video for another day. I like Denmark: been there a couple times. Beautiful country and great people.

[@Explorador65]

Un video genial. Muchas gracias.

[@andersonogaranhaoitaliano6869]

Obrigado pelos ensinamentos e conhecimento que nos transmitiu.

[@tsbrownie]

Thanks for teaching and knowledge gave us. You are welcome. Você é bem vindo!

[@user-zh1pf8ly1j]

I love these techniques ! I work on vintage radios and its nice to know some good soldering techniques (: awesome video!

[@tsbrownie]

Thank You!

[@user-zh1pf8ly1j]

@@tsbrownie Absolutely!

[@miniwarrior7]

you have very many years using solder :) your experience really shows, beautiful solder joints

[@tsbrownie]

+topher Thank you!

[@miniwarrior7]

+tsbrownie I just did some ugly stuff that should remain under heatshrink where nobody will ever see it on my tricopter haha :D

[@tsbrownie]

lol!

[@christoffer1973]

Thanks for a great video. great way to explain soldering.

[@tsplittgerber]

+tsbrownie Thank you for the great video. I just got my first soldering iron and am going to be doing some work wiring LED lights for my deck railing, and feel way more confident after watching your video. I of course will do a few practice solder connections first. Great camera work as well!!

[@tsbrownie]

Thank you. Be sure to use proper safety precautions. Wear eye protection. Pick up any splashed solder to keep away from kids and pets. Never work on connected wiring, etc. Have fun!

[@maxmeier532]

now this sure looks like a pro! great explanations!

[@waynepowell567]

Excellent info. Thanks for the great video. Much appreciated.

[@tsbrownie]

Thank you, glad you liked it.

[@ChewyGDRP]

Get yourself a ceramic element type iron. Miles better. I've used all sorts of irons over the years and ceramic irons get way hotter and they last forever. Makes soldering far easier.

[@robertkirchner7523]

Do not use acid based flux on electrical wires. Use only rosin core solder. Flux is needed to make sure copper is clean and that oxidation during heating is not a problem.

[@bradleyfelschow1270]

quick tip for you or anyone who does the 3 way's joins; i like to, when stripping the one i'm splicing into, separate the wires so it's roughly half of the strands on each side and then run the one i'm tapping with through the hole and then twist it all together and then finish off with solder and insulation.

[@Scootersnmore]

Fun soldering totally agree You work the same as me on solder joints.

[@j.r.thompson5950]

Nicely done, very good how to solder properly. I know how yet your video explained some things that I was not doing correctly. Thank you.

[@tsbrownie]

Glad it helped

[@gabevee3]

Interesting. I always thought those butt splice thingies were crimped on. thanks so much for this video. So many hobbyists don't really know how to solder. I was fortunate to have both parents in the electronics field.

[@tsbrownie]

They do make crimp on types of course and they are more popular. These also can be crimped and soldered, in fact I would prefer that. Having a mechanical connection in addition is always best when soldering. One benefit of soldering a crimped connection is it ensures that corrosion / dissimilar metal reactions are greatly reduced - important in humid / wet / marine environments.

[@beatlesman369]

That was very informative, thanks!

[@billietyree6139]

That third splice was the one we used on phone wires in Korea. Of course we didn't solder but if there was time we would tape the splice. Some of our phone wire had been broken and spliced so many times that we could only get communication on it for 2 miles instead of the rated 12 miles.

[@TerryPullen]

Thanks for the great video. The problems you had with the butt splice tube would have been reduced by applying the heat from underneath the tube and the solder from above. That way heat is allowed to propagate up into the joint while drawing the solder down into the tube. I think if you applied the heat from underneath your splices you would get generally better results. That having been said clearly you are very good at soldering and again thanks for the video.

[@tsbrownie]

Thanks, good suggestion. I'll bet you are right. Will try that next time.

[@johnhopkins6260]

number 2: "basket weave" splice. Number 3, "NASA" splice (min. 3 turns @), Number 4: "butt" splice (typically crimped+ soldered)... modification of number 5: "military splice": form an "eye" in the strands of first wire (as with the eye of a needle) TIP: leave some insulation on the end of the second wire (to simplify "threading" the eye... wrap as above (removing remaining insulation end) wrap (collapsing "eye") solder and insulate.

[@orly1415e]

Thanks for sharing from Philippines

[@joshjoy2535]

Thanks mate for sharing! Good tips and advice.

[@tsbrownie]

Thank you.

[@scuffieduffie]

So satisfying. :D

[@michaelovers688]

Nice video thanks for the info

[@anthonyromano8565]

On a house, it would have to be done inside an electrical box and well insulated. The wire nuts usually used are referred to as solderless connectors. In the old days, they soldered their joints and wrapped them in tape sometimes with no box. If the cable is somehow energized beyond its capacity by lightning or a power line incident, the box contains any sparks that may fly at the point of higher resistance.

[@jmi967]

A further improvement to the 3-way with multistrand is to untwist the wire you are attaching to, put the other wire through, retwist, wrap the attaching wire, and solder. There’s a lot of vaiations possible with it, including ones for one of the wires being solid.

[@Mosfet510]

I have to be honest, Ive been soldering over 20 yrs, TH, SMD, you name it (IPC Cert) etc blah blah, but, I picked up a couple of tips from your video! Job well done, thx! ps I know what you mean when you say badly coroded wire! Ive seen copper that has turned black, and the product manufacturer *still let it pass..(scary)

[@tsbrownie]

+Scott x Thank you.

[@onavianva]

+Scott x I wish I saw this video before I repaired my ABS wire on my car. The wires insulation was damaged and the wires were black like you mentioned! I did my best repairing the wire but feel that I could have done better. Overall my ABS light went away on my car 8)

[@Mosfet510]

Omar is Rad If the light went away, you did it! I remember a Simpsons episode where Homer saw a light pop up on the dashboard and he covered it with tape. Gotta love Homer, DOH!

[@tsbrownie]

Flux will remove very light corrosion, but it's best to clean the wire mechanically first to remove significant corrosion.

[@adriantrain2037]

Great upload..... I never really understand how people say, "Oh I can't soldier, i don't get it and just can't do it" I always think to myself, it's not rocket science, how han you not know how to heat copper wire and then add soldier....... but your joints are really good, i will definitly be mucking round with these joints tomorrow.... thanks bloke....

[@tsbrownie]

My pleasure. The secret (#1) is a clean work piece.

[@rostlaur]

- When soldering audio male connectors ex. RCA (phono) or headphones, put a female connector on the end, it will help hold the center pin in a perfect middle position. This applies for both male and female connectors of any type where the plastic will tend to become so soft that the center axe ends up with an angle. - Best cutters for small size wires under $5 = Nail cutters. Try to find a straight one without a curvature. Does an impeccable cut and will last you for years.

[@tsbrownie]

Good tips, thank you.

[@therugbee]

Thanks....still learning!

[@ScoutSniper3124]

Great Video, Thank you. One thing I was taught years ago, was to place the soldering tip under the splice, and place the solder on top. That way the heat rises up into the wire, and it's the wire not the tip that actually melts the solder. I was told that was not only faster, but helps insure that the solder flows well (capillary action) into the joint. What's your take on this way?

[@tsbrownie]

Thank you. I did a video on which is better, from below or above. I won't spoil it for you. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJe0lWytga-Iq9k

[@tedwilliams8879]

This is how I was taught as well. Heat both wires then touch the solder to the wires, not the iron. If you touch the solder to the iron, the solder will melt and flow over the connection but may not bond to the wires, causing a cold solder joint. I've been soldering for nearly 45 years and I would not trust a connection where the wire wasn't heated enough to melt the solder. I'm sure most people will say "I've been doing it that way for years and never had a problem" but here is an explanation I found of how solder must bond to the wire to make a good electrical & mechanical connection: _For a soldered joint to be electrically and mechanically sound, the solder needs to 'wet' the metals to be joined. In the context of soldering, wetting is the process whereby the molten solder partially dissolves into the copper base metal, forming a region that’s part solder and part copper. This creates inter-metallic bonding and it’s the key to soldering. In most solders, the molten tin is the primary solvent that dissolves into the copper substrate and forms the inter-metallic bond that electrically and mechanically stabilizes the joint._

[@preparedneverscared8857]

THANK YOU! apparently I have been doing this all wrong lol very informative 👍

[@michaelskramii2245]

Excellent tutorial - thank you for posting.

[@tsbrownie]

Thank you.

[@michaelskramii2245]

You are welcome - looking forward to more of your vids/tutorials in the future.

[@adiero]

Brilliant! No one ever explains these things. Thank you! Any suggestions for how to join a split headphone cable? You know -- those earbud cables with the 3 super-fine wires... left, right and ground. But hair thin! Would love to see how you join those... or is it even feasable? (I gave up...) Thanks again!

[@tsbrownie]

Just saw your comment. Some of those really fine wires resist all attempts at soldering. Not sure if they are coated in something, that's my best guess. Mechanical connections work, but are hard to make strong.

[@vieuetcon]

Very instructive! Thanks for sharing. Being an electronician myself and an expert in soldering ( ;) ), I can say your soldering skills are at the top state of art! About the tube splice, I sometimes use it, I do some crimping with some DMC tool, like GMT232 for example.. Great video.

[@tsbrownie]

Thank you!

[@shermanbeebe1]

This is an excellent video. Thank you for the great information.

[@tsbrownie]

Glad it was helpful!

[@trondwell13]

useful to see you work - in some circumstances I would have pre - tinned the opposite ends of the wires or the larger part to reduce the heat loss down multiple wires then the final heat requirement when joined is reduced....

[@tsbrownie]

Thanks. Yes, I do pre-tinning too if the pieces are big, or I want to avoid heat damage or if there's a lot of stuff and I want to do it assembly line style quickly, ...

[@ontario_backwoods_beekeeping]

If your into RC it's amazing what you can make yourself dirt cheap.

[@mattikaki]

Nice tutorial and good solderings. One of the best soldering guides. You could invest to a more professional soldering iron. It looks that the tip temperatures were too cold and increasing it would shorten the soldering time.

[@creekbottomfinds]

Very well done and helpful - Thanks

[@ONE_GEN_X]

Great video. Thanks for taking the time to do it

[@tsbrownie]

Thank you!

[@kentvandervelden]

Really useful, thank you

[@nadirsalim7419]

Thanks for sharing.

[@asgharrezaei0138]

so nice and perfect , i learned , thank you

[@tsbrownie]

You are most welcome. Glad it was useful.

[@roberthowardhoward8980]

Thanks bro you just taught me a nice tip on that I can stop having to pigtail wire everything

[@tsbrownie]

Glad I could help.