(Use Rosin Core Electronics type solder)
Heat the iron.
Tin the tip of the iron.
Heat the wire(s).
Tin the wire(s).
Join the wires(or wire and post).
Place the tip of the iron below where you want the solder connection and let
the heat penetrate the wire.
Touch the tip of the solder not to the iron but to the wire where you want
the connection to be.
Let the solder flow into the connection.
Works every time.
Joe
-----Original Message-----
From: triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of William Pugh
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 11:38 AM
To: Dave1massey at cs.com
Cc: triumphs at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] soldering
US NAVY Electrical Soldering Manual says "The soldering iron must be applied
below the connection to be soldered, and the fluxed solder should melt
through
all wires of the connection"
On Mar 5, 2012, at 4:35 AM, Dave1massey at cs.com wrote:
> In a message dated 3/4/2012 1:48:25 PM Central Standard Time,
> fogbro1 at comcast.net writes:
>> No one's mentioned "tinning" the wire. Doesn't anyone "tin" the wire
>> anymore?
>>
>>
>>
>> I dip the wire in flux, "tin" it, then feed it into the hot bullet,
>> having previously melted solder into the bullet. If off the car, the
bullet
can
>> be positioned in a vice and the wire fed into it. If on the car, the
bullet
>> can be held in a forceps to minimize heat loss and fed onto the wire.
>>
>>
"Life is too short to drive Boring Cars"
Bill Pugh
USN SENIOR CHIEF PETTY OFFICER
AWCS ... Electronics Technician
Wallace, CA
Casper
1957 TR3
TS16665L
anabil007 at comcast.net
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