Newbie Question

[b0atnutz3]

What type of soldering gun are you using for your connections and also what solder do you use. Also do you feed solder into the connector first then insert wire and add solder? It seemed to take a long time for everything to get hot and I can feel the heat thru the wire. Is this correct? Looking for some help. Jerry

[jac4412]

Well what kind of wires/connectors are you using? In general, I just use the basic solder picked up from radioshack, with a medium sized soldering gun... that should be more than enough to get the job done. To make you connections put some solder in the connector, heat it up... then add your wire which you should have "tinned" or whatever its called... then stick that into you connector and heat it up. What size gun are you using? You can also buy a soldering station that will help you out.

[b0atnutz3]

I am using 6mm connectors on a UL1 motor and 4000 mah lipos,the soldering gun is a Sears 150 to 230 watt. I am using Radio Shacksolder 60/40 rosin core. Like I said I put solder in connector but it took a while to get the wire and connector hot enough to flow solder and completly cover the connection. I am not sure this is correct? Jerry

[jamespl]

I use ec5 connectors and great tip I was given is to use a mini blowtorch connection on my soldering gun and heat the connector up that way, it is so much easier and only takes a couple of mins. I really struggled heating up everything with the standard tip.

[siberianhusky]

I think tip size of the gun or iron makes a difference, I use a really old 50 watt iron with a massive chisel tip on it, it would take something large to suck all the heat out of the tip.
This thing has what looks like a big wirewound ceramic resistor that the tip threads into and a hardwood handle on the other end! I also have an old electric branding iron that looks about the same.

[FloatDaBoat]

When using a Soldering Gun, always make sure that the two soldering tip connectors are tight. If they're not, the tip won't get hot enough to melt SQUAT !!!

[iamandrew]

I just changed some of my connectors to 5.5mm bullets which were heaps easier to solder on 14guage wire straight into compared with getting them soldered onto the deans plugs i used to use.
as someone else said, i also ended up using a blow torch, melting solder into the inner cup, and just inserting the wire into it

[Jesse J]

I use a $8 80 watt pen from radio shack for deans and wire to wire, but a plumbers torch for the bullets - wayyyy faster and hotter (never had a bullet come off due to bad solder joint). I set the wires vertically in the vise and the bullets over them in about 15 seconds each, violla dun!

[Chop]

When soldering Deans plugs I like to use these...

[SweetAccord]

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=how+to+solder&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbo=u&tbs=vid:1&source=og&sa=N&tab=wv

[FloatDaBoat]

The graphite pencil lead soldering technique was about on par for this thread - - HAW !!!

[FloatDaBoat]

Here's just what you guys need for those pesky, hard to solder bullets (see pic). At 550 watts, just leave it plugged-in, & it'll also serve to keep your work area nice & toasty on those frigid wintry days . . . .

[forescott]

make sure your connectors are being held by something (non-metal). I drilled several size holes in a square of 3/4 inch plywood and drop the bullets in the holes for soldering. If you hold them with pliers or a vise, the heat from your soldering gun will transfer to the tool holding the connector and never get hot enough to melt solder. I also brush liquid flux on new wires before inserting them onto connectors. Liquid flux works like magic and literally draws the solder into the wire!