How To Solder Two Thick Wires Together

Solder the noun refers to the alloy a substance composed of two or more metals that typically comes as a long thin wire in spools or tubes.

How to solder two thick wires together. Un-twist the strands fan out slide the ends strands together overlapping each of the strands so they intermingle roll this area splice in your hands fingers now solder the strands all together on masse. 3 Heat the shrink tube to make it shrink down around the wire. Let the solder melt and flow over the wires.

Heat up the joint and melt the solder with the wire not the soldering iron. The most secure and durable way to splice two wires together is to solder them. Strip about 6 mm 14 from the end of the wire.

If the wire is multi-stranded twist the strands together. Just like you would do with two solid wires. Using a wire stripper or your micro flush cutters strip about half an inch of plastic insulation away from the ends of both wires.

Twist wires four or five times with fingers for thick wires you may use pliers instead of fingers Cut the excess wire. Youll get a straight wire that has a little sideways bump in it so get a larger shrink tube to isolate it youll need two times the diameter of one wire. Secure both sides of the rejoined wire so they wont move when touched with the iron.

Repeat the tinning process on the other wire. THICK WIRE For large sculptures armatures- cuts best with a bolt cutter or saw. You should not be able to pull the bundle apart once the solder has cooled.

Solder is a metal alloy with a low melting temperature point used alongside a soldering iron to permanently join together two metals with a higher melting point. This video starts by showing the simplest technique for twisting two wires together which commences by baring the ends and overlaying them at 90 to each other as shown below. Learn how to solder thick gauge wire properly with todays Fast Tip.