How To Solder Copper Wiring
Heat the copper not the solder.
How to solder copper wiring. Do NOT use acid flux. The first step in any successful solder joint is to clean the surfaces to be soldered. Hold the solder in place for a few seconds until solder starts to flow.
Place soldering iron under the wire. The joint should look like a. Solder the wire directly to the pad.
Slip the copper wire under the jumper and bend the wire over the jumper so the connection iss snug. Since copper is the trickier base metal after successfully soldering with copper switching over to sterling silver becomes an easy transition to make. Again its better to touch the wire against the lead and track on the board rather than the irons tip.
The thread for my screwy-style tip is metric 4mm-by-075 and this is the same thread as RadioShacktm part 64. How to solder standed wires like a professional. Clean pads on a circuit board with a pencil eraser.
Clean solid wire with emery cloth and remove any enamel if it was used to coat the wire. Make the connection by twisting wires together or inserting the wire into a hole on a circuit board. Clean the wire and use a suitable soldering flux.
Materials soldering iron in want of tip replacement several cm or inches of 6 AWG solid not stranded copper electrical wire. Remember to hold the soldering iron like a pen. N ext apply flux along the joint using a brush or scrap of wire.