How To Solder Two Small Wires Together

Just like you would do with two solid wires.

How to solder two small wires together. Tin the soldering gun ie melt a little solder on it. Here is the short video to show you the basics of soldering two pieces of metal together. Remove the soldering iron and wait a few seconds to let the soldered connection cool and harden.

The process of soldering is taking two or more wires and joining them together and then using heat to melt electrical solder connecting those two wires permanently. The wires are then twisted together after which they are folded back against the side of one of the pieces of wire as shown below. Twisting the wires together and soldering is often the best method but there are two ways of doing this.

Make seven or eight turns and cut the excess of the wire. The wires are so small that the solder doesnt really stick so what you have to do is as quickly as possible melt the solder onto the iron but with the joint DIRECTLY in the middle of the two. Place the tip of the iron on the wire and let it heat for a few seconds.

If possible you should twist the wires in-line before soldering as this makes a stronger and neater join than twisting the ends together. Hold the two tinned wires on top of each other and touch the soldering iron to both wires. The majority of solder comes in the form of a coiled length of wire or less commonly as pellets with a range of diameters or gauges available to suit various applications and joints.

Tin the wire. Twist and fold twisted helix and lineman splice. Lay them together overlapping at the soldered part then blob them together.

Place soldering iron under the wire. Soldering Two Wires. I just did exactly this the other day - these LED strips are neat.