How To Solder Car Electrical Wires

Mudder also sell thicker wire up to 15 mm and thinner 03mm wire for delicate soldering applications eg.

How to solder car electrical wires. Automotive applications use 6040 containing 60 tin and 40 lead. After you are done twisting the two naked wires portion together to the top bend the twisted portion into half. If youre using electrical tape instead apply it once the solder has cooled naturally.

Its the act of using heat via a soldering iron and a fusible metal the solder to create the electrical connection. How To Solder And Protect Automotive Wiring. I have tried to get the solder to attach to the wire with and without flux but no luck.

The wire should be saturated in solder now. You also have to route and support your wires in such a way that they dont flop around. I do this until it is flat smooth puddle of shiny solder on the top.

Heres the right way to do it. Tap the end of the 6337 solder on top of the wire splice so the solder melts down into the wires. I will show you how to solder wires together the right way to seal the solder joint with heat shrink is a must and you also need to make sure you do not have a cold solder.

Tin coat with solder the soldering tip first. Twist the two sections of bare wire around each other. Slip PVC shrink tube over one wire.

Once the connection evenly turns the correct silver color of solder remove the soldering iron and allow the joint to cool. When doing splices clean the wires by scrapingbrushingsanding solder tin the wires to be joined slide clear heat shrink tubing over one wire lay the tinned ends together and touch them with the soldering iron and they will fuse nicely then slide the clear heat shrink tubing over the joint heat shrink one end pack it with petroleum jelly then heat shrink the other end. Automotive Wiring 101.