Your welcome for the info. Just trying to help speed that learning curve, glad to help. I almost never add links, if I do I think they are worth it.
On the soldering gun. Any heat source works good. I've soldered more wires with a lighter than with a gun. You just don't have real precise control on the heat.
Also Use flux. Even if it says flux core, BS. Buy flux and use a lot. It realy helps make the solder stick and suck into the wires. Strip the wires back they get hot and may burn the insulation a little. But, don't heat the wire at first heat the solder, get it soft then get it colser to the wires and heat it until the flux burns off and get the solder close and it should liquify and run all over the wire. But, you shouldn't have to get it so hot to melt the insulation.
And if you buy a tool. Buy a propane torch. You Use it much more and can use it to do crude soldering. And probably cheaper. I mean you can't solder computer chips or any thing. BUt a lighter will get you where you need to go.
Thanks,
Todd Bellew
[This message has been edited by Todd Bellew (edited 17 July 2003).]
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Thank You,
Todd Bellew
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