How To Make Soldering Iron With Battery

This is the easier way and the safest method.

How to make soldering iron with battery. View more articles by jonahbc. It depends on how quickly you solder and how well you have prepared things. 4 AA batteries is 6 volts and about 2700 mAh each so 16200 mAh or 162 amps at 6 volts for one hour theoretical.

This soldering iron tip This is what actually heats up to melt the solder. I have soldered quite a few NiCd cells together. Related Stories from Make.

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All that was left was to make four solder connections to the flashlight contacts and a 5-A fuse connect the Magnastat components with wire nuts and put the disassembled flashlight back together. It gets hot up-to 60 degree C in only 10 seconds. My fear is that battery would explode right in my face because of excessive heat caused by the soldering ironOther possibility would be the battery slowly inflating and then spreading toxic fumes or corrosive materials trough a hole like a capacitor under excessive voltage.

Its whole cost is only 6 or 7 dollars depending on the cost of battery. While most jewelry makers and welders probably purchase their soldering irons its actually possible to make your own soldering iron out of graphite pencil car battery and jumper cables. Any silicate adhesive or water glass.

Roughen up Battery Terminals. Normally for soldering iron 2 ampere to 4 ampere current is enough for this. The blue and yellow stuff is your soldering iron and the black wire is the negative terminal.