How To Solder Automotive Electrical Wires

By Mike Allen.

How to solder automotive electrical wires. Diameter of copper core. Clean the area to be soldered scraping the wire down to bare metal and then wiping it clean with alcohol or acetone. You also have to route and support your wires in such a way that they dont flop around.

The center contains flux that cleans the surface of the wire to be soldered. When the solder melts into the terminal and wire the joint is properly soldered. Use nothing but 60-40 rosin-core solder intended for electrical wiring.

The solder wire is then applied to the front side of the terminal but is not brought into contact with the iron See figure 1. The only wires I solder are the ones related to the computer and its sensors. Remove the soldering iron and wait a few seconds to let the soldered connection cool and harden.

Once the connection evenly turns the correct silver color of solder remove the soldering iron and allow the joint to cool. This solder melts at about 370 F. Electrical tape is OK but most people dont use good-quality tape.

This helps to spread out the heat when the tip touches the wires. Tin Plated Copper Plastic. Try sourcing some alli solder it may work for your particular wire.

Solder is often a combination of mixed alloys. Automotive applications use 6040 containing 60 tin and 40 lead. SOLDERING KIT INCLUDED60-watt digital soldering station with side-mounted solder roller holder removable built-in soldering iron holder to ensure soldering iron safety cleaning Sponge to remove solder residue for future use 2 helping hands to fix welded objects and solder tips holder to put solder tips.