How To Solder Thick Wires Together

First well make a joint from some stranded wire to a tag on a loudspeaker.

How to solder thick wires together. However I typically solder the wires after performing the twist and before folding the connection back against the side of one of the pieces of wire. Begin by removing the insulation from the ends of both wires you are soldering together. Youll get a straight wire that has a little sideways bump in it so get a larger shrink tube to isolate it youll need two times the diameter of one wire.

In this video I show you the tools tips tricks and techniques to properly solder from what type of solder and flux you should use source. Remember to tin the iron before soldering. Apply a drop of solder flux on top of the wire connection.

Preload the Soldering Iron Tip with Solder Wire. Apply Solder Flux to the Wire Joint. I have 8 gauge wiring thats multistrand but very fine strands and 12 gauge wires that are also multistrand but thick copper.

Lay them together overlapping at the soldered part then blob them together. First clean the wire and the terminal meticulously and tin the wire with Sn60 or better yet Sn63 tin-lead solder. Tin the wires by stripping them apply flux place the soldering iron on one side of the stripped portion and the solder on the OPPOSITE of the stripped portion.

For magnet wire I like to set the iron as hot as possible and get a small pool of solder on a chisel tip. Lock and Firmly Twist the Stripped Wires Together. The first step in any successful solder joint is to clean the surfaces to be soldered.

Make sure your soldering iron is fully heated and touch the tip to the end of one of the wires. I plunge the end of the wire into the pool and the insulation burns away in a matter of seconds. First you need to strip the wires then add your heat shrink tubing physically connect the wiressolder the wires together and then shrink that heat shrink tubing to make a waterproof connection.