Soldering XT60

[@TinyPirate]

I haven't been soaking enough solder into the wire! That's where my problems have come from. Thanks for making that clear!

[@myscreen2urs]

I'm glad you pointed out not to cut both battery wires at the same time. I feel like that's one mistake you just saved me from. I have anderson 50SB connectors on a 48v ebike battery. If I ever need to change guys, I need to remember this. thanks a ton.

[@erich9111]

No need to cool down the wire before tinning the connector side. Also moving it around (or squeezing it) while it's still warm may cause cracking inside the joint. As you are working, the heat is transferring away from the joint; the faster you work, the less damage you have to adjoining components like the connector body or the wire insulation. Whenever possible apply the heat to the opposite side of the joint from where you add the solder. The will ensure it's warm enough for the solder to flow everywhere inside the joint to make a complete connection.

[@Paulivewire]

this is a a great video, everytime i need to solder something I tune in to this great tutorial

[@eastcoast78]

Thanks Paul, great it can help someone

[@tyking1533]

Adding my compliments to everyone else's. This is an excellent soldering job and tutorial. Too many other videos here get it completely wrong. Cold solder joints abound. Your technique is excellent. I'd let you solder a connector for me any day.

[@eastcoast78]

Cheers TY, thanks for the kind words. Mike

[@XB223]

Thanx for this post EastCoast78! Yours is by a long shot the best I've viewed from start to finish! Thank you for sharing the knowledge!!!

[@eastcoast78]

xceleratedbill thanks you for the kind words. Im glad it helped you.

[@nexrace]

I just referenced your vid to a copter website for people to learn how to properly solder a big wire guage joint like this. There a ton on cold joint solder vids on xt-60 connectors, lol so I thought i'd take the time to thank you again.

[@eastcoast78]

Awesome man, thanks for that. :)

[@sreekumarUSA]

Thank you for the info. I have soldered many a XT-60 connectors and not once I have I coupled the male & the female XT-60s together, while soldering. The soldering tip temperature read as 350C. All I did was, one drop of KESTER 951 and use 60/40 Lead to pre-tin the wire end of the connector fairly well. The 16~14 AWG silicone Black & Red cable were also pre-tinned using Kester 951, (in place of solid rosin). Then the cable end of the connector was heated to melt the lead and inserted the Silicone cable into it. And after seeing the both ends were satisfactorily fused, removed the Iron and puffed on it so solidify the joint. All the above procedure took about 5 seconds or less. Not once did I melt the GUNINE XT-60 (AMASS Brand) But Once I melted the whole “duplicate” XT-60 Connector, that was bought from a fraudulent seller on eBay, who was reported and refund obtained. So be aware of GENINE XT-60 AMASS Brand when buying XT-60 that doesn’t require coupling of male & female connectors while soldering. There are several colours available, Black, Yellow, Blue. You may also obtain only female XT-60 connectors, if need be. I’d pay tribute to KESTER 951, by all means, for the clean flow of 60/40. Please try Kester 951 which is sold on eBay. Please do understand that, I was not trying to contradict your style of soldering. With due respect......

[@seanpain4]

One tip, when getting the terminal and wire ready to solder, only tin them just enough, then when putting them together feed some more solder into it until it is the right amount. If you put too much solder on then have to remove some, the process of reheating then cooling only some of the solder can cause a weaker joint. Other than that, great :)

[@FranklinHarding]

+Sean Pain This or just apply flux when heating them together, that will work too.

[@eastcoast78]

Awesome tips guys. :)

[@Iceberg86300]

@@FranklinHarding yeah, I avoid explicitly tinning any connector when at all possible. Dip both the wire & connector in flux, tin the wire & go directly into the connector. Connector may become tinned from the dab of solder on the iron to promote heat transfer, but that's it. Feed some solder if necessary. Not taking the time to tin the connector keeps the wire from cooling & that retained heat means the iron is heating the connector for as little time as possible.

[@thrilleex]

Thanx man, I been trying with a 40W with some problems, now using a 60W and your tips its all nice and easy.

[@eastcoast78]

+thrilleex Awesome glad it helped.

[@nexrace]

good video, really shows how nice they can look when patience is applied.

[@eastcoast78]

Thanks for the cool comment Dano_ Glad you like it.

[@Paddy_Roche]

This is a great little tutorial. Some very nice tips and tricks, thank you.

[@outcast566]

Needed this tutorial for my ebike controller. Thanks man great job!

[@frankdriessen8982]

Thanks, this really helped soldering my two batteries. However, taking off my finished battery from the steel clamp that I used, I touched the clamp with the exposed contacts from the rear end of the male connector causing short circuit. So with the second battery, I first insulated these contacts with some heatshrink tube (battery still seem to work well by the way).

[@rccrawler70]

Very good Video .. But what is the correct temperature that I would have to give to my soldering iron... at least I'm getting started on this

[@eastcoast78]

hey i would recommend a 50w iron. It helps with the bigger gauge wires etc. Thanks. Feel free to subscribe.

[@rccrawler70]

@@eastcoast78 Thank you for sharing..!

[@roncooke2188]

A new soldering iron i have just bought it’s made soldering for me much faster, it’s great it you can keep the heat shrink well back

[@dallas69]

You want those little solder globs or spikes. The solder globs hold on to the shrink tubes. Flux the wire and XT60 connector after you tin and before you solder on the wire. This excess flux provides for good solder flow.

[@NathanFryMicronesia]

Thanks for the video. I was struggling to get it right and your video was just what I needed.

[@eastcoast78]

Thanks man, glad it helped you!

[@normie5928]

Perhaps you can cover the jig posts with heat shrink to avoid shorting out the battery? just 2 cents. Great video and I like those connectors.

[@eastcoast78]

That's a great idea man. never thought of that. Thanks.

[@AndyPorter79]

Also the heat shrink gives some grip too that holds things better. Very wise tip you posted.

[@Circleplanes]

Awesome I have one exact battery that I bought when I was starting out in the rc hobby last year. Bought some XT60 connectors cut the battery wire but was not able to solder them properly. Going to give it another chance.

[@rantanplan7474]

what kind of soldering gun is that? What temperature? 600°C ? I don't get that kind of result with my gun!!

[@rantanplan7474]

I should say iron

[@eastcoast78]

@@rantanplan7474 Hey there, im not sure the temp exactly, but its a 60W iron i bought many moons ago on ebay.

[@steveyoung4461]

I'm converting several models to these connectors. Seems every few years a new trend in connectors comes along. You may want to grab one of those clip-on heat sinks- clip it to the exposed end of the 'empty' connector opposite the one you're soldering and it will pull the heat through and away from the plastic.

[@PiotrKundu]

Try not to have excess led from the start to avoid sucking it back up. If you do you should reheat the entire lead. Try not to move the connectors, anytime you do the lead turn matt, it should be shiny. Great tip for XT60 and I love the jig and I too use the soldering iron to heat my shrink tubes (which we both know we shouldn't). Thanks for sharing.

[@eastcoast78]

Thank you Piotr, glad you like my videos. :)

[@PiotrKundu]

I do and I just soldered my first set of XT60 thanks to this video :D eastcoast78

[@eastcoast78]

Awesome, hopefully they turned out good.

[@CharlieFultonSC]

Thanks for the close up shots, great video

[@sunsetpark_fpv]

Nice clean work with the heat shrink tubing!

[@seanmchugh3011]

i do like the cable holder you are using.

[@eastcoast78]

Thanks, you can get it on HobbyKing

[@rook-tv]

Thanks for your straight forward video. I was completely not paying attention and connected 2 batteries with bullet connectors on them. I know pretty dumb.

[@eastcoast78]

That sucks man, my friend done it, and i did to one time..but i caught it pretty fast!! When my friend done it, though it fused the bullets together. We pulled so hard it ripped one of the 10AWG wire right form his new 80dollar nanotech 4s batt...:( We all make mistakes, so lets try to make it harder for us, buy tossing those shitty BIG RED bulky connectors in the trash...lol

[@Peter-ii4xq]

You don´t need a solder sucker. Just clean the tip a few times. Yoy can use less solder.

[@einfelder8262]

6:16 you ruined the joint right there. Not supposed to move it while it cools.

[@BryanGarcia-qb2ov]

Thanks was able to solder xt90s with your technique

[@creamysbrianna]

I recommend using angle cutters as the blade will be much closer to the end of the tool. This will allow more wire to be saved.

[@ericjackson7810]

Good video, but you did add too much solder, just an observation. You will always get haters that have nothing better to do, at least you have the balls do try to help people, constructive criticism is always welcome in my mind. keep it up :-)

[@eastcoast78]

Thanks man!!

[@richybean2421]

Beautiful execution! Love the work, much better then my video on how not to solder a xt60

[@georgesheptak5657]

Nice job my friend. Thanks for sharing. Yes, I learned a lot from your vid.

[@HL-OOI]

Nice close up soldering video..👍🏻

[@bassbumm8768]

Great video,I'm changing all my deans to XT60.

[@eastcoast78]

gary priddy Good stuff, i like deans aswell.

[@Flysimware]

Make sure you put a bit extra solder on the wire. I normally put none on the XT60. Then i only set the tip on the top and press the wire down. The extra solder help transfer the heat around the wire rather than heat the wire itself. Putting too little will overheat the wire and not solder causing issues. The posts that say this guy does not know what he is dong is actually backwards and they do not understand that the extra solder is needed. I do agree since he added some solder to the XT60 as well he was slightly heavy on the solder. But better to have too much than too little. You can drip off the excess from the bottom which has not effect on holding the wire.

[@floxflux]

that is a perfect soldering job!

[@HIdroneflyer]

Thanks for posting this!!! Got 3 4S lipos for my hexacopter and saw those weird connectors.

[@thibodaux3424]

You had me VERY worried at about 11:55 with your hand on the other XT60 plug being used for pin alignment. I'm surprised you didn't get new hair dew!

[@eastcoast78]

+November Lima lol. do you mean because of getting a shock? or because it may be hot?

[@dirtrider88]

how many watts is your soldering iron and what temp do you have it set to?

[@AndyPorter79]

Your wire diameter should never exceed your connecter terminal width or diameter. Use bigger connectors for larger wires. They make XT30 XT60 and XT90 for this reason. When your connector terminals are smaller width/diameter than your wire, you create a hot spoke where the amps basically get "choked" through too small of a guage terminal.

[@TheEVside]

Helpful video chap

[@Golgafrinchamdent]

The wire doesn't need to go down into the hollow of the bullet? And you don't need flux... especially to tin the end of the stranded wire? I am a total newb at soldering and have just screwed up my first XT60 job. (twice) I filled mine up with solder and tried to push my tinned wire down into it and it went about half as far as I wanted it to... and now I can't re-melt it to get it to move in or out. Done it twice now and feel very frustrated. But if it just needs a little bit there on the edge, that would be alot easier.

[@eastcoast78]

i hear ya, no it really does not need to go all the ways in. I have had batterys come in from hobby king and they were just soldered on the outer of the bullets. What iron do you use, like how many watts is it? yes i tin the wires., tin the bullets solder them and slide them in the best i can.

[@Golgafrinchamdent]

Here's the iron I use... It's listed as 700 watts but who really knows with the chinese stuff. www.ebay.com/itm/131713244885?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT Last one I did, I copied you. Pre-tinned the wire & bullets. Tried to get both hot at the same time and then shove the wire as far into and tight to the side of the bullet as I could. But it didn't go as far as I wanted and it's crazy hard to get the solder to re-melt again so I can try to re-seat it. I have the iron turned up all the way. Display says 480-deg.

[@mdemers767]

sounds like your iron isn't transferring heat well enough. Tin your iron up again (get it hot, and wipe it down with a wet cloth to clear off any liquid solder) than hold it against your project work and apply a ~small~ amount of fresh solder and it should melt everything all the way through. Even a basic soldering pencil should have enough heat to do this job and more, but if you're still having trouble, try upgrading to a soldering gun, they have a little more oomph. I've also had renewed success with just putting a fresh tip on the pencil. And just to say, I feel the demonstration in the video uses WAY too much solder.

[@edwaggonersr.7446]

Excellent tutorial. Thanks.

[@eastcoast78]

+Ed Waggoner Sr. (Papatch) thanks glad you liked it.

[@russsmith9042]

I like the way you did one connection at a time and completed one connection at a time that makes a lot of sense but just for future reference the what you cut off of the wire is called insulation or a jacket that's not called heat shrink or shrink tubing just so you know it doesn't really matter but I mean if I was going to be doing a video I think I'd want to call it what it is but you know

[@eastcoast78]

Thanks for the kind words

[@soosmate]

Thanks! Very well explained!

[@Arcave]

Thanks :) helped me a lot now its easy.

[@PaulBuxton]

Wish I had seen that before I did mine. I think we all expect it to happen much quicker.

[@eastcoast78]

+Paul Buxton take your time. Dont rush soldering.

[@heyj2324]

For the heat shrink you could just use a lighter? Right?

[@eastcoast78]

Yes forsure. Ive used one many times.

[@chrischan5151]

you are professional ! THANK YOU!

[@eastcoast78]

Thanks Chris, glad it heled you!!

[@die_hertz]

Is your stand with thick metal cylinders which you are using to clamp the wire while pre-tinning hand-made or I can get a similar one somewhere?

[@die_hertz]

+Andrey Mironov If someone's curious just like me, it is called "Mr. Grippy" and you can get one from eBay :-) Thanks for sharing such an awesome tool, mate. P.S. Actually, it's available from Hobby King and seems to be their invention. The only problem was to guess the name.

[@eastcoast78]

+Andrey Mironov Link is in the description Thanks

[@pitikhagood]

what is the wattage of soldering do i need? co'z i'm just using 30 watts then the solder is not sticking on the end wire it just turned into like a small stone that drops mostly in XT60 as well

[@jpedrodiastubee]

Thanks for this video. You ate the best.

[@eastcoast78]

***** lol i ate the best?

[@romeshter]

Great job and thanks for the help, very much appreciate it.

[@brigton11235]

can u please help me. My loop to connect to 2 2 cell batteries to my rc car popped off. While car was running. Will that cause a spark? Or will it just break the circuit? My car caught on fire, burning the ESC and the servo and the one of the batteries. I'm trying to find out the cause of the fire. I drove my car for 2 min before it caught on fire.

[@darklord_ice]

Great video .. felt a bit like Bob Ross for soldering :D

[@eastcoast78]

haha thanks man, please sub and chekc out my vids, means alot. Cheers Happy smoke

[@eastcoast78]

hey, i have used a 30w iron to. What solder are you using? Yes a hotter iron well help it melt faster. What i do with the 30w iron is plug it in and let i set for 30mins so it gets really hot. Also take a old blade or something and scrape the solder iron tip once is hot. that usually cleans up the tip great and helps transfer the heat. But if you are doing any amount of soldering a nice 50-60w iron is great. I got mine on ebay for 40 dollars 4 years ago and love it.:)

[@jamesbenson7462]

What's the green board called that everyone uses when they soldering called?

[@eastcoast78]

Its a self healing cutting mat.

[@heyj2324]

Is it okay to re solder a battery or esc connecter multiple times?

[@eastcoast78]

yes its totally fine

[@heyj2324]

Thankyou

[@joethomson8674]

i had trouble when soldering, the solder just beaded up on the iron and didnt go on the conection, and when i was able to get it on the solder was black. eastcoast78 could you tell me what im doing wrong?

[@eastcoast78]

Its probably shitty solder. Is it the pluming kind? Get a good 60/40 rosin core solder and you should not need flux or anything extra to help bond. Turing black means its to hot. So if it was on the iron for a long time this would happen.

[@joethomson8674]

eastcoast78 thanks man, helped alot, i will find that type of solder for my next attempt which is today, cheers!

[@eastcoast78]

No Prob man, any elec store should have some decent 60/40 rosincore solder. Ebay is a good source to. Let me know how you make out.

[@bcflyer99]

What temp are you using?

[@agedflier9129]

Can you tell me where to buy a SODDER sucker...I have searched Google and can only find SOLDER suckers....Are they the same??

[@eastcoast78]

agedflier yes there are...

[@bulltactv4809]

Holy Tunderin JESUS this comment section must be the absolute biggest gathering of professional custom PCB solderers in the WORLD! lolol Your video is great man, for the beginner hobby solderer it is a great demonstration because (obviously) no one is going to get it perfect on their first go round and watching you fix little mistakes is almost more effective than just showing your best solder ever. BTW the proper time to use a solder sucker is... WHENEVER YOU NEED IT lol Sorry but some of these idiots are just too much for me. Does the connection work? yes. Is it a strong bond? yes. Will people feel more comfortable doing this work themselves after watching this video? YES! lol Keep doin what your doin my friend.... cheers from the yukon sir!

[@eastcoast78]

Haha thanks man..ypu from.the eastcoast ot wha with the lord tundering jesus remark haha. Yea I'm just glad there commenting and giving me the views. Helps with my adsense paycheck. :) watch my soldering naze32 video for a more professional job..and yes I love my solder sucker. Thanks for the kind words m8.

[@MYMYChannel-1]

what temperature? my solder cant heat the xt60 wire enough ti melt the solder wire

[@r0cket_penguin]

750F is the ideal temperature for soldering XT60

[@56thSPSk970]

Thank you, well done . Learning every day

[@eastcoast78]

your welcome, glad it helped you

[@TedBackus]

if u dont have a big enough gap for thicker wires, just clamp hard down on a drill bit installed in a drill, & run the drill for a few seconds, then you'll have a gap big enough in your wire strippers. or just use a bic lighter like most people

[@salsun7437]

Why did you leave an inch or so of wire on the old connector?

[@LeoTheHuman]

Titus Corday Most of the applications don't require the wire to be that long and sometimes it's even better to have shorter wire to make sure it doesn't fly all over the place and into props.

[@eastcoast78]

LeoTheHuman This is true. Titus Corday, there was no particular reason why i did.

[@mcguiretime]

Nevermind my question. I saw your answer further down below. Thanks!

[@eastcoast78]

mcguiretime No worries, glad i could help.

[@permapsy2020]

I have connected an XT-60 connector to my 4S lipo. I keep shorting it out when I try to plug the battery into the XT-60 that is connected to my quadcopter. Could this be because I haven't been putting solder between the cables and the XT-60 connections? I have just been soldering the wires onto the connector after fitting them in. I have the positives and negatives all the correct way. Please help!

[@eastcoast78]

+Perma Psy thats not good,i cant seem to understand how oyu have them connected. If it is shorting out there must be solder making it joined somewhere. Use a muti meter set to continuity mode and make sure there is no continuity.

[@permapsy2020]

+eastcoast78 I put the cables in first and then soldered the cables to the XT-60 connectors. The cables pack in very tight so there should be very good connection. When you say check for no continuity, do you mean on the battery or on the quadcopter circuit? I'm not sure how I could check it on the battery and anyway it is easy to see there is no solder bridge. I have checked continuity on the quadcopter circuit and when I touch any positive to any negative I get 1.2 ohms (using Ohm testing). I think I am supposed to have continuity here rather than no continuity. Any ideas? I took a couple of photos if you wanna see?

[@eastcoast78]

Ok, yeah i was wanting you to check the quad and the stuff. 1.2? it should read 0. If your getting 1 that means theres something touching. I would un solder them snip the old ends of the wires off, and start over, but this time. Pr tin the wires and bullets, and do it the way i did.

[@permapsy2020]

Can you please explain why it should be 0 ohms? I just don't know how a circuit could have zero ohms unless there was a direct short. Shouldn't there be a certain number of ohms so that we know the current is flowing through all the wires/tracks?

[@eastcoast78]

+Perma Psy yes my bad. when doing a continuity test 1 means there's no short between the parts. when there's a 0 it means it's open and you well should out what ever you are plugging in...

[@cwatson42785]

What is that little holder called? Great video! Im thinking of changing all my ec5 to xt90s. Should I use xt90s for my 2s and 3s? Would it hurt? Or do I need xt60s?

[@narrowempress1625]

Chris Watson XT90s are fine. The little holder is called a Mr jig I think

[@AmericanBulldogRocky]

Did you use flux? what kind of solder and flux do you use?

[@eastcoast78]

Sometimes i use flux and sometimes i dont. If i do, its usually the normal plumers flux. SO smaller jobs on boards i use a flux pen like show here...kzbin.info/www/bejne/aofYp3mmmqt5m5I

[@AmericanBulldogRocky]

ok. I think the problem I had was I never made a practice of cleaning the tip with a wet sponge, I would always sand it with sandpaper

[@popwall4297]

ROCKY you never use flux core solder when soldering electrical wiring

[@roncooke2188]

I don’t like to cut any wires good video

[@de0xyrib0se]

The reason some batteries come with that big connector is, XT-60 is only rated up to 80A. Bigget batteries usually allow for pulling way more than 80A, hence the big connector.

[@eastcoast78]

Yes i understand that, but i still hate them. Get the XT90's with the 5mm bullets if ya have you.:)

[@joeh472]

Great video..... Thanks for the help !!!!!

[@anio6865]

Using a 40v 20ah lithium ion battery... is it dangerous to use 12 awg connecting to 14 awg ?

[@elvirus111]

What is the brand of that soldering stand?

[@mcguiretime]

Please tell me what that little gripper is called and where did you buy it? I cannot find it on Amazon yet. Thanks for the video.

[@eastcoast78]

mcguiretime i put a link in the description its form HobbyKing

[@Fdesouza]

Link is down

[@laddaevolta]

What is the biggest guage wire for xt60, 12awg, 10awg? And how about xt90, is 10awg too big?

[@aslothx4360]

for xt90 you can fit a 8 gauge a 10 gauge and i think a 6 gauge. for xt60 you can fit 14 gauge you can fit a 16 gauge minimum and you can fit a 12 guage.

[@laddaevolta]

okay thanks man!

[@aslothx4360]

Tango965 np!

[@cirasarc4413]

have you had any issue with the plastic housing melting when you heat up the connectors with the soldering iron? I'm terrible at soldering but the xt60 seems to be pretty easy to handle compared to the ec3 connectors that I currently use...

[@eastcoast78]

Yes I have. That's why I always plug the other side in. it keeps the bullets inside the housing lined up when heat is applied.

[@nabbsone]

didnt think to connect the male and female together ...ugh thanks for the tip. Ruined 2 xt90's.. the heat needed for that high guage melts the connector

[@eastcoast78]

Nabbs1 Awesome, glad the tip helped. :) Cheers

[@22934760]

What temperature should I set my soldering iron at ? Thank you

[@M70ACARRY]

600F

[@Covonant117]

Great video! Cheers

[@eastcoast78]

Ghettobird thanks glad it helped

[@wriga007]

thanks, great help 👍

[@Circleplanes]

Hey Eastcoast. I tried it last evening but I completely messed it up. I have a 30W soldering iron. Can it be that it is not hot enough? The solder has a hard time melting.

[@narrowempress1625]

FPV Iceland that isn’t hot enough

[@LeoTheHuman]

It might also be a good idea to put the heatshrink onto the wire after tinning and cooling it, not before.

[@eastcoast78]

LeoTheHuman Yes this is a good idea.

[@drn.explorer66neale]

hi, great video, i'm about to change all my planes from deans to xt60's what wattage is your soldering iron.

[@eastcoast78]

Hi there, this is mine 60W iron.

[@fiorentinasumbayak2681]

What is the original connector called?

[@eastcoast78]

It is a EC5 i believe

[@josueoliva5669]

Hello friends, I recently buy the turnigy 5000mah (35C) for my first DJI F450 quadcopter build. The issue that I am facing is that the wires from the lipo are 8AWG which are thicker than the ones that come with the DJI F450 (for the PBD). I was aiming to use a xt60, but it seems the lipo cables wont fit. Any recommendations on how to deal with this situation?

[@eastcoast78]

Josue Oliva yes 8AUG is quite big. HobbyKing also has XT90's with the 5mm bullet connectors. You can also source them else where. www.google.ca/search?q=xt90+connector&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&channel=fs&gws_rd=cr,ssl&ei=rmXOVeDcJMLr-AGu5obYBQ If you find this tip helpfull, please like and subscribe :)

[@josueoliva5669]

Thank you for the prompt response. Would i need to use 8awg on my power board distributor?

[@josueoliva5669]

eastcoast78 Thank you for the prompt response. Would i also need to use 8awg wire on my f450 power board? or will the supplied wires work?

[@eastcoast78]

It depends, how big are the supplied wires?

[@josueoliva5669]

+eastcoast78 the size of the wire is 14awg... U think i can use those with the xt90?

[@davidwright4460]

Nice video help me alot

[@eastcoast78]

glad it helped

[@mithrandir1313]

put a piece of electrical tape on the other connector so it won't get shorted while plugged in!! thanks... great video!

[@normandykush3134]

What wattage solder iron do you use please?

[@eastcoast78]

Normandy Kush it is a 50w

[@Trex450S]

What temp do you run your iron?

[@thibodaux3424]

I thought you might get a shock! Those connections were right where your fingers were!

[@eastcoast78]

It's dc current. You can touch them just fine.

[@jasonweaver75]

Thank you for posing this! As someone who had not done any soldering for years it was exactly what I was looking for. :) One question: What is that clamp called that you use? I want to get one and I can't seem to find them. Thank you again!

[@ultrakool]

the jig/clamp is called a "mr. grippy". hobbyking has them for like $8. they are invaluable for this type of work, imo

[@eastcoast78]

+Jason Weaver I put a link in the description.

[@Circleplanes]

I have a 2mm solder from LUX-Tools it also has a marking that says 30%Sn. Maybe the wire is to thick?

[@sergiofilho7845]

Thank you very much, it helped me a lot to give me confidence, so now i can fix my 45aH ebike battery LoL, very scary, but i`ll do good.

[@kit-geoffbullough8788]

good video on soLdering as it shows you to TIN ( that is PROPERLY solder coat both the wire and the plug separately then you can just melt the 2 together quickly - no damage to the plastic and no need for you to hold solder at the same time . always use the biggest soldering iron bit you can get onto the plug ( I use a USA weller 50 W temperature controlled iron) -I see people using a bit that is much smaller than the wire and heat is just going to go down the wire -that makes for a slow joint and too much time allows the plastic to melt and can give a bad joint . (2 ) never use corrosive flux for electronics - get a flux pen ( it looks -like a sharpie pen ) wet the wire and the plug with flux first and then tin both separately . never carry solder to the work on a hot iron -that smoke is the flux from inside the solder burning away ! - hold the iron on the work and add the solder wire so the flux melts and runs onto the job before burning away as smoke

[@legittheral6742]

When tinning, do you have to use tin or can you use lead as thats what I use for other electronics as that works well

[@kit-geoffbullough8788]

It is the activity of coating the wires with solder that is usually called " tinning ". your not really using just tin metal - your actually using the normal electronics solder alloy . solder used to be Tin-lead alloy - now we are more likely to be using lead free solder - I like to use Tin-Silver-Copper alloy solder .

[@Iceberg86300]

@@kit-geoffbullough8788 or skip the tinning of the connector altogether. I just dip (or apply) flux to my connectors and take the just tinned wire directly to the connector. Sometimes need to feed a bit of solder in but I've gotten pretty good at adding just enough extra while tinning the wire. Having and using flux is absolutely key here. If you only have rosin core solder then tinning both the wire & connector is absolutely vital.

[@stephencraig8578]

How come the solder sticks to my iron?

[@l3p3]

Too weak soldering iron. What wattage it has?

[@34Gw]

Help,, Why does mine pulls out with wire cuz of heat?

[@eastcoast78]

yes this could be a issue