How To Solder 2 Copper Wires Together

They should be propped up off the workspace so you can have access to the area under the wires.

How to solder 2 copper wires together. On a basic level there are essentially two types of solder wire lead-free solder contains mix of copper and tin and leaded solder contains tin and lead. For this process its recommended to use helping hands or other type of clamp device. Yes copper and stainless steel can easily be soldered or brazed together using a filler material that usually contains tin and silver.

Using assisting hands or another form of clamp device is recommended for this process. These tips work on any soldered wire connection. Begin by removing the insulation from the ends of both wires you are soldering together.

When soldering it is always a good idea to disconnect the wires from the electronics whenever possible as the heat can easily transfer to the electrical components. Easier than a linesman splice and very reliable. We need to heat up the copper wire using our soldering gun.

This will heat the wire to allow your solder to melt. So place the tip of the soldering gun underneath the wire and feed just a little bit of solder in between the tip and the wire. Another technique of soldering two wires together is the lap splice.

Place soldering iron under the wire. Your solder will be applied opposite from the iron on top of the wire. Lap them together and wrap a small gauge wire 28-30AWG around the two several times.

This solder is going to melt against the tip and wire so its going to speed up the heat transfer between the tip and the wire. Make the connection by twisting wires together or inserting the wire into a hole on a circuit board. There is one way to twist wires together for soldering- a horizontal twist that yields a continues length of.