Solder Battery Cable Lugs EASY!

This is how to make battery cables. Soldering lugs on battery cables is easy and will give you a perfect battery connection every time. We need to build some new battery cables for the tractor. These old battery cable lug terminals are bad and need to be replaced TOOLS BELOW ↓↓↓↓

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[catfisher]

Just put the terminal in your vice, heat it up and fill it half full with solder and slide the wire in.

[hugh]

Nice tip.

You might consider a grommet in the frame hole before the metal rubs through your nice new cable.

[davidstepeck]

Nice job. Everything is clean and neat: from the routing of the battery cables, to the ground terminal “lug” you made, to soldering the positive battery cable terminal. Nice job and attention to detail !
The ground lug is my favorite.

[sunroy]

I started out soldering my terminals but the price of solder has gone way up. Bought a $10 hammer crimping tool. Works great and from what I’ve read is better than using solder

[markl.]

Wow, what I just learned in 2 minutes- thanks!

[paulhooper]

Back at the old battery cable plant at Packard Electric, they used to have solder pots. Thwy just dip the entire connector/cable assembly in the pot. Maybe a dozen or two at a time. Solder didnt stick to insulation. I dont recall seeing adverse effects. I was only passing through, wish i paid closer attention to fluxing/crimping...

[DennisVrolijk]

No need to drill a hole. Just put the connector in a vice and prefill it with solder.

[atnstn]

Constant flame/heat required. Not this wiggling.
Other than that it's fine. However inside the lug I suspect the flux hasn't travelled that well because of irregular heat corculation inside.
Therefore the bonding of flux and solder will be imperfect.

[brngrofdeth]

Nice job! Love and blessings from Ontario Canada!

[randr]

I've done a few of these and struggled with getting the solder into the fitting and not burning up the insulation. I'll have to try both of these things next time.

[jmfu]

50 points for having a pneumatic drill!

[Anderzander]

Thanks for sharing the video - how do you know when the terminal is full of solder? Are you looking for it starting to wick to the other side?

[daviddavidsonn]

you no crimp connector?
you make BIG FIRE 😅😅😅😅😅

[silverbackag]

Shit should be crimped. If you don’t want to invest in a crimper, find a diesel shop. They will have one.

[RealCptHammonds]

How did you clean it up after you soldered it???