Paladin79
Previously MOT: Cables For Less
I have done it by carefully cleaning the surface with liquid rosin before any attempt was made at soldering, then I use a long thin pointed soldering iron tip at 800 degrees F. After a few botched attempts you get better at it but you cannot keep the soldering iron tip there very long or the plastic melted. You have the bare wire in a curved shape and I always pre-tinned the wire. This helped hold the curve as well as getting solder adhere to the wire quickly. I finally would tell customers if they could find a proper connector I would have my people build with those, I did not trust sending the cylinder type to customers so I refused to use them. Building for myself is another matter.How would you even get your solder blob to properly adhere to that highly polished, gold-or-whatever plated, convex surface in the first place? And without melting the plastic isolators between them?
Maybe I’m just not good enough with the iron, that’s always a distinct possibility. But getting a good and lasting connection seems impossible to me.
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