Only way to connect 2 wires together.
Originally Posted by
blo0d and heat up the copper wire more, its not about melting the solder per say... when the copper wire is hot, the solder will melt and seep into the copper
and turn on the camera's macro... pix rnt good
Use a tiny bit of solder on the iron only to make a good connection to the wire, then feed the solder into the wire, not the iron. If the wire is not melting the solder than it is not hot enough. After you feed solder hold the iron on for a second longer then remove the iron.
Originally Posted by
Dave_SR20 Try it with the Solder flux. I never used it until this year and it works awesome. All you do is dab it on the wire before you would solder and it pulls all the solder into the wire itself then wipe off the residual after.
Flux core solder works well. Make sure you get a good 60/40 lead tin mix solder, not the lead free stuff.
Originally Posted by
Mikael What I do is first putting just a little solder on the iron, just to transfer heat into the wire. When the wire is hot, apply solder and let it seep into the wire(s), like mentioned by blo0d.
exactly.