Your video is very well put together. I know it's 4 years old, but still applicable. Very good narrative and thanks for zooming in so we can actually see so well what's going on. I appreciate the time you took in making this video to share with the community. Thumbs up.
Nothing like a soldering lesson from a guy that has trouble soldering. Yes it could look easy with a guy that has it down. Probably a part of the lesson to see things go wrong..
Who sells :Jig's Up", good tool !. Hold wire steady with pliers to be sure solder has solidified properly, A 37-47 watt iron is good with good soldering technique. Use quality "leaded" type 60 rosin core solder and rosin paste flux. Practice with old connectors and wire if possible. Keep iron tip wiped and tinned . Use a SMALL bridge of molten solder to transfer heat quickly to connector barrel.
Solder is very soft, so a better way to remove excess from a connector pin, is to carve it away with a sharp hobby knife (or "snap off" utility knife). For safety's sake, put the pin in your "jigs up" - or even just a hole drilled in wood - and cut downwards! Reheating to remove the excess risks crystallising the joint, and causing it to be a higher resistance.
I just got the spektrum charger and it has EC3 with Adapter to EC5 and I have a Traxxas charger and Hitec charger and I'm trying to figure out what connector should I use or make adapter from ecs to what ever battery I use or should I charge out ever battery connector to one connector and sale off the other charger so what the best way to go I been in the hobby since 1988 I have a alright soldering iron that has Is temperature that goes up to 400 and I use a Resin core solder and I have wire Strippers and I have been buying lots of connector from Traxxas to EC5 or EC3 so is all EC3 Bullet connector go through the bottom and I still would love to have someone help me decide which connector I should use traxxas EC5 or EC3
Sorry man, I've been out of it for about a year and a half because of a divorce. But I believe it was 595. It depends on the thickness of the wire. The thicker the wire, the hotter the temp.
@@ajgreen868 Flux cleans your materials and breaks the tension present on all surfaces. It's true that modern solders have a rosin core that let you fly by the seat of your pants theoretically. In practice this is like building a campfire on the living room floor because you own a fire extinguisher. No matter how quick or simple the job, you do it better when you make judicious use of flux.
RobMacKendrick I’ve been soldering for a long time and I definitely wouldn’t use flux on this small of a job cause I know exactly what I’m doing. Now circuit boards are a different story. I always use flux on those
RC1 Hobbies As an amateur these are fine except the cold joint as you found on the white wire that pulled out. Heating one surface then sticking a cold wire to it is a bad idea and had you not tugged as hard this would have failed at a bad time. Heat both to liquid, assemble, hold still until solid. If solder is shiny once cooled this is a plus. Dull is a potential cold solder joint as your white wire would have shown if the joint were visible.
Your video is very well put together. I know it's 4 years old, but still applicable. Very good narrative and thanks for zooming in so we can actually see so well what's going on. I appreciate the time you took in making this video to share with the community. Thumbs up.
Thanks for doing this and great close ups!!!
Thanks man.
Nothing like a soldering lesson from a guy that has trouble soldering. Yes it could look easy with a guy that has it down. Probably a part of the lesson to see things go wrong..
Keeping it real.
Great video. I like that you showed how to work with a not-so-perfect job to improve the final work.
Thanks. I'm certainly no a pro.
Nice video,yesterday,before i watch any video,i spend half hour to change conectors in battery and drone with EC3 conectors!
I hope this video helped. Thanks for the comment.
Great info, thanks for sharing.
Glad it helped.
Who sells :Jig's Up", good tool !. Hold wire steady with pliers to be sure solder has solidified properly, A 37-47 watt iron is good with good soldering technique. Use quality "leaded" type 60 rosin core solder and rosin paste flux. Practice with old connectors and wire if possible. Keep iron tip wiped and tinned . Use a SMALL bridge of molten solder to transfer heat quickly to connector barrel.
gary gullikson my local hobby shop. They closed down.
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Solder is very soft, so a better way to remove excess from a connector pin, is to carve it away with a sharp hobby knife (or "snap off" utility knife). For safety's sake, put the pin in your "jigs up" - or even just a hole drilled in wood - and cut downwards! Reheating to remove the excess risks crystallising the joint, and causing it to be a higher resistance.
Thanks for the info. I have trimmed the excess solder off with a knife before. It's just not as easy.
I just got the spektrum charger and it has EC3 with Adapter to EC5 and I have a Traxxas charger and Hitec charger and I'm trying to figure out what connector should I use or make adapter from ecs to what ever battery I use or should I charge out ever battery connector to one connector and sale off the other charger so what the best way to go I been in the hobby since 1988 I have a alright soldering iron that has Is temperature that goes up to 400 and I use a Resin core solder and I have wire Strippers and I have been buying lots of connector from Traxxas to EC5 or EC3 so is all EC3 Bullet connector go through the bottom and I still would love to have someone help me decide which connector I should use traxxas EC5 or EC3
Thanks for this video :)
You're welcome.
At what temperature do you solder? Thx!
Sorry man, I've been out of it for about a year and a half because of a divorce. But I believe it was 595. It depends on the thickness of the wire. The thicker the wire, the hotter the temp.
RC1 Hobbies Thanx for the great video and info!!
@@richards6246 You're welcome. Thanks for the feed back.
Temp should be the same for any thickness of wire. When the wire is thicker you simply use a tip with more surface area.
Use better wire with flux core
But job still looks good
what is the wattage of the solder iron
Not sure exactly because it's in a box because I'm moving but it should be around 60.
Sodder and badreez
Good solderers use flux. Categorically.
RobMacKendrick this is such a easy application. Absolutely no need for flux. Especially if you know what your doing.
@@ajgreen868 Flux cleans your materials and breaks the tension present on all surfaces. It's true that modern solders have a rosin core that let you fly by the seat of your pants theoretically. In practice this is like building a campfire on the living room floor because you own a fire extinguisher. No matter how quick or simple the job, you do it better when you make judicious use of flux.
RobMacKendrick I’ve been soldering for a long time and I definitely wouldn’t use flux on this small of a job cause I know exactly what I’m doing. Now circuit boards are a different story. I always use flux on those
I'm sorry, but you shouldn’t be teaching people how to do this. This is pretty much the worst example I’ve seen..
Poor soldering at best, this is not how you do any of this.
It works great for me:) I'm up for improving. Show me how you do it and I'll learn from you because I'm an amateur.
RC1 Hobbies As an amateur these are fine except the cold joint as you found on the white wire that pulled out. Heating one surface then sticking a cold wire to it is a bad idea and had you not tugged as hard this would have failed at a bad time. Heat both to liquid, assemble, hold still until solid. If solder is shiny once cooled this is a plus. Dull is a potential cold solder joint as your white wire would have shown if the joint were visible.
You need to learn to do it properly yourself before "teaching" others.