How To Solder Really Small Wires

Very thin like a hair enamel coated wire works when using a reasonably small soldering tip.

How to solder really small wires. Its now time to demonstrate how to solder wires together. Pre tin the pads as well. If you were here I could have it done for you in a few minutes but we all need to learn.

Ad Quality Solder Wire Drawing Machine. Soldering is done by heating the metal surface with the soldering iron and then placing the solder onto the surface so it melts. The longer you hold the iron to the tab the more the heat will travel up the metal tab.

File one end to a point. Best thing is to arrange the wires and bend them around to where the ends lay on each other but not quite perfectly straight so theyre in kindof alittle X. If you did the cable and the tag at the same time by the time the solder properly melted the wire insulation would have started to melt.

Heat the iron and flow solder on the iron tip and the wrapped wire and get solder on the thinner wire sticking out. How to Solder Two Small Wires - YouTube. Use a high watt soldering iron and solder quickly.

Theyll have a small hole where you insert the wire and they melt the insulation away. For small wires and quick jobs you could simply solder one wire directly next to the other. When joining 2 larger gauge multi-strand wires together I normally spread the strands first and push the 2 wires together head to head then twist them so they dont come off easily.

Thanks for watching The Flat Rate Mechanic. The core can be soldered in the same way. A few tips and tricks to use when soldering is to first always make sure you do not have a cold solder joint make sure you are using the right solder for the job and always make sure you seal your solder joint from all types of weather.