Soldering 101 - 6. Soldering a Wire to a Terminal

This video will teach you how to solder a wire to the terminal of a switch.

[princetonacrugby]

Seen lots of soldering to switch videos, but nobody mentioned cheap vs good plastic impacting melt. Thumbs up for that bit of helpful info.

[pyrobryan]

For 17 years I had a soldering iron in my office. It belonged to the guy who had this job before me. I never used it even a single time, but I moved it to 3 different buildings and 4 or 5 different offices just because I might need it some day. I cleaned my office out about 6 months ago, I said screw it and threw it out because it was just taking up space. Now I need one.

[cups]

Thank you so much. I really appreciate you getting right to the point.

[latorgator]

what if the tab doesn't have a hole in it?

[iuiz]

Can this connection type also be crimped? What tools would I need?

[HeegeMcGee]

Brief and instructive - beautiful video. Thanks!

[j.lietka]

Should you have tinned the wire first? Not sure, but a small clip-on heat sink might be able to almost prevent the plastic case/body from melting - not sure if there would be enough space on the terminal. Great video, just subbed! & thank you

[androidfarmer]

"I don't have two hands"

I see another alligator clip.

[chrisreed]

Nice one mate 👍, you hit the nail right on the head with the bit about the cheap plastic switch, what ever happened to the old bakerlite switches? You could use oxy and acetylene on them 😁🤣, good vid.

[carlospajuelo]

tell us about you soldering rod you use

[clarencepiper]

I really like the gadget that is holding the switch, how can I get one?

[LuminousSpace]

i had to solder a very small switch, and ended up melting the plastic render it unusable lol

[trevorwesterdahl]

You didn’t tin the wire first. It should be tinned, formed in u-shape, then cut to a j-shape with wire cutter. Should use a anti-wicking heat clamp to prevent melting insulation and keep solder from going underneath. When solder goes underneath, the wire easily snaps/breaks. Resistance iron works better to avoid over heating, but an adjustable soldering ion should be used, at a minimum, to set heat level where plastic won’t melt. Once plastic melts, switch/component is unreliable. This was very poor technique.

[thetwogardens]

I was trying to do this and melted the pin right off ! Damn

[rfkahuna]

Good gravy that was bad... no pre-tin, didn't use the other clip to hold the wire straight, waaay too much heat shrink and sloppy enough iron work to melt the plastic...

[johnbower]

Note more expensive does not mean better quality.

[tylorlack]

That's 70's porn music at the beginning is priceless.

[skiddy]

Bahahaha u should of watched a tutorial before hand

[DougHinVA]

No... a tiny import switch in a guitar is mounted with 8 tiny tabs with tiny holes in each. So how do you solder new pickup wires that are very thin braided wire from china (cheap and thin wire) into those tiny holes ? Your example is a textbook one with no real applicability to real world soldering...