How To Solder Boat Trailer Wires

Use heat shrink tubing to protect the soldered connection.

How to solder boat trailer wires. Just get the right size ring terminals and thread you big wires thru the connector then crimp all the wires with the right size. Two types of a trailer wiring tester. Let it cure and you wont have any probs.

This type of terminal barrel lends much better to crimp-then-solder than do pre-insulated terminals. Joined Jul 22 2014 424 Posts. Use hi quality materialsrun it thru conduit in side the frame railssoilder connections and on the rear lights mnt a flat plate in front of the lights and wires to keep snow and spray off lights and wiresMy trailer has 10 yrs on itpulled every weekend of the first 6 yrsand I am finally having issues with a light plug or twoalso use dielectric grease on all bulb sockets and connectorsincluding truck.

Remove them and splice them using proper crimp-type butt splices or bare the wires place heat shring tubing over the wires join the splice solder and then shrink the tubing over the splice. When preparing the wire I recommend tinning with solder or using ferrules on the wire strands to prevent a stray whisker. First take the ends of the two wires and strip off about 14 of an inch.

Keep the soldering iron on the bottom of the wire to continue heating it. Ideally the inside portion of the barrel includes serrations which are designed to cut into and take hold of the wire as the crimp is made ensuring a good mechanicaland electricalbond. Run the Wires Boating Magazine.

It will wick up the wires under the insulation and slowly eat the copper away. I rewire all of my trailers with the plastic 7 way connectors. This way they dont pull out and i never have an issue with corrosion in there.

Feed wire through canister and shrink tube. Once cool inspect the union to ensure proper penetration of the solder. Simpy solder your wires together for the strongest most reliable connection using a soldering gun.