Solder Speaker Cable Ends

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Solder speaker cable ends.

Take the soldering iron away after 1 2 seconds and repeat if needed. Tinning is a process of using a soldering iron to melt solder around a stranded electrical wire. Soldering iron or heat source there is a conversion for a butane lighter that works well rosin core solder. In europe lead based solder has been outlawed for a number of years.

While lead based solder is still in use most solder is lead free and high end solder uses silver. Tinning the tips of stranded wires holds the fine wires together and makes it easy to connect them to screw terminals or other connectors. Only apply a small amount of solder on the very end of the wire. Most connectors are brass on the inside but there are copper based connectors that are either nickel or gold plated.

Clear and well ventilated space to work in. Continue until you have soldered each of the 4 ends of the speaker wire. Http w fullsail edu showproduction join full sail universit. For electronics the thinner solder would be better.

Our show production bachelor s program can teach you the skills for a future behind the scenes. Hold your iron on the lug until the solder begins to flow and then quickly insert the wire through the eye of the lug. Don t use too much solder. If the wire and lug were properly tinned there should be enough solder to completely cover the eye and hold the wire in place.

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Bare wire connections are fine if the wire is silver.