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Flux is the savior in this case! It gets the solder off the iron and onto the piece. Chris Lathan clathan@fi*.ed* end On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, Joel Markwell wrote: > on 2/14/00 1:26 PM, Rich Lesperance at richl@uf*.ed* wrote: > > > I just got two new batteries for my AUL spectrum 14 light - the old batteries > > were dogs with only about 70 min of burn time. > > In getting ready to use these new batts, I discovered that soldering is a > > little harder than it looks. Is there any downside to using slide-on > > connectors to the battery terminals? I have the proper-sized connectors, that > > are crimped onto the wire, and slide on to the battery terminal, and hold > > firmly, but I have never seen anyone's cannister lights without soldered > > connections, so I was curious if there is a good reason not to. > > Rich, > > The suggestions made are good ones. Since getting the terminals too hot is a > bad thing and you are being prompted to use ever increasing wattage/BTUs you > might consider having it done by someone who solders things routinely. Maybe > a call to Radio Shack, a TV repair shop, car stereo installer or computer > repair facility. > > Failing that, practice multiple times on non-critical fake-terminals until > the connection is bullet-proof. > > Here is a soldering primer: > > http://www.teamnovak.com/How_to/How%20To%20Solder/solder.htm#Anchor-ATTACHIN > G-35326 > > Some Rules of Thumb: > > http://metcal.com/technotes/sldrbasc.html > > Later, > > JoeL > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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