Short vid with a neat trick on how to easily solder wires on the car to get a good solid strong connection.
(You can see better detail if you open it up)
(You can see better detail if you open it up)
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Yeap when i have everything setup and a nice place to work I still do it the instructed way, but with this way bc the solder flows on itself and evenly coats all the way around the wire theres no need to tin each piece with a thin coat before you put it together. Its super easy this way and much faster, especialy when you dont have a nice place to work and you dont have to sacrifice the the strength or qaulity of the connection when working it a tough spot.
NICE! Never thought about wrapping the solder around the wires... that would make it much easier in tight spots. Thanks for posting!
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I have to post objection to the melting step. You want the heat from the wires to melt the solder, not run melted solder onto the wires. It looks like you melted the solder by quickly running the soldering iron tip across the solder, which will cause it to melt and run some, yes. Same reason you dont melt the solder with the soldering tip.
This method works for smaller wires. When you splice bigger wires and need more solder, you'll run into not having enough solder. If you wrap more around, there's less application of heat to the wires to cause the solder to melt.
The strong physical connection of twisting the wires tightly together is always important.
Nicely done. But, you also dont just want the solder to hold the connection together all by itself.
I like your heat shrink method...similar to what I use
Nice writeup, too.