How To Properly Solder Wires Together

Preload the Soldering Iron Tip with Solder Wire.

How to properly solder wires together. Solder flows toward the hottest part of the metal. As the solder melts it will flow into the fitting. Repeat this process on the other wire.

When done properly you have a strong conductive connection that turns two separate wires into one. If the wire is stranded twist the strands together with your fingers. Once cooled and hardened the resulting soldered bond or joint is considered to be permanent.

They should be propped up off the workspace so you can have access to the area under the wires. This will likely match your pipe diameter. While there are probably a thousand different ways to do this there are.

Slide the iron to the end of the connection and then to the other end. When you solder items together youll typically be using the hot metal tip of the iron to melt a small amount of solder alloy around and between the components or surfaces being joined. Make sure your soldering iron is fully heated and touch the tip to the end of one of the wires.

Allow 12 to 34 inches of solder to flow into the joint. Lock and Firmly Twist the Stripped Wires Together. Capillary action plays an important role in distributing the solder throughout the splice.

Finally remove the extra Solder with a sponge. Let it take some time. You interweave the threads of the wires together before soldering the joint solid.