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An Easy Way To Solder To Small Tabs
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On the left is a very small pin assembly that I need to solder a 22ga. wire to.
This is a very easy method of soldering wires to small tabs or pins. I am only going to do one, but you could do all these at one time using this method.
If I had to hand solder all these with a solder gun, it would be a task involving a lot of time and cursing!
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| The connector in the photo on the right are 24/20ga. solder seals. The unit in the lower area of the photo has had one end cut off about an 1/8" beyond the solder ring.
When you trim the solder seal be careful not to crush the solder ring. Use a sharp Exacto or utility knife to cut around the sleeve. If you push it down on a surface to cut it. You will crush the ring.
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You can reshape the solder ring if you do crush it, but crushing it is best avoided.
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Slip your wire into the modified solder seal and slide the whole assembly over the pin. This is where you could gang up as many as you needed to do. |
| Use a heat gun to shrink the tubing and watch the solder melt. Once it has saturated the wire strands and the pin, it is done.
You can use a small torch, but very careful. They are really too hot for this application
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The photo on the left is a 16ga. wire that I am going to attach to a 1/4" flat tab. I flattened the solder seal slightly in order to get both it and the wire over the tab. |
| The photo on the right is just prior to heating up the connection.
As a side issue, the solder seal sleeve is Kaynar. Very tuff stuff. Note the photo below. The sharp edge of the tab did not pierce the sleeve when it was shrunk.
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The sleeve also has a hot melt adhesive liner, which once shrunk, forms an environmentally sealed connection. Plus the glue provides strain relief.
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This is the finished connection. The lower connection, showing a small amount of yellow, is a 10ga. wire using a 12/10 solder seal soldered to a 1/4" tab.
I hope the photos, as seen on your monitor show how well the solder penetrates the wire strands.
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Last, but not least. You can connect several wires
to one tab...easily and quickly.
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