How To Solder Solid Wires Together

First place the solder on the tip to allow for melting.

How to solder solid wires together. As the melt will start to cool down the bond will get strong. Before soldering make sure there is a good mechanical connection. Dont use too much.

For large gauge wires 14awg for an antenna perhaps make a Western Union splice then solder it. Heat the joint not the solder. Touch the tip of the soldering iron to the copper wires.

The solder should flow freely onto the wire and coat it if its stranded wire the solder should flow into it and fill the wire. How to Solder Stranded Wire to Solid Wire Cut the two wires to be soldered together to the appropriate length as needed for your project. Strip off about 1 inch of the insulation from each end of the two wires using the wire strippers.

How to Solder Stranded Wire to Solid Wire Cut the two wires to be soldered together to the appropriate length as needed for your project. If the wire is stranded twist the strands together with your fingers. The process for soldering 3 wires together is the same as splicing 2 4 or even 10 of them.

Affix the wire to the soldering clamps making sure that the clamps hold the flux parts of the wire together completely. For all solid or all stranded wires. Insert a piece of heat shrink tube on one of the wire.

Make sure your soldering iron is fully heated and touch the tip to the end of one of the wires. Let it cool without being disturbed. Solder is not meant to make a solid connection - only to hold one together.