Soldering Inside A Cabinet

[DreadPirate]

This has to be one of the most frustrating things in diyaudio. Not much lead, have to take the solder wand in. I strip both wires, twist, and somewhat secure with alligator clips. Both hands tied up, one with solder pencil, the other with solder. Is there a better way?

[nigelwright7557]

Put plenty of solder on speaker terminal and tin well the wire then just heat up joint and it all solders together.

Or solder wires on speaker before it goes into cabinet.

[planet10]

Build the box such that you don't have to solder inside.

dave

[DreadPirate]

Meant soldering together two loose wires, as when a woofer does not have slip on connections, you snip the wire to get it out, and you now have to reinstall.

[wakibaki]

You can buy tape solder. If you cannot buy tape solder, take a piece of regular multicore wire solder, put it on a flat, hard surface and squash it into tape by rolling a piece of round steel bar up and down it a few times. You have to lean hard on the bar. If you haven't got a suitable piece of steel you can probably use a glass bottle.

Twist the wires to be soldered together, having first slipped a piece of shrink-wrap tubing onto one side. Wrap the joint with solder tape and apply a tinned, clean soldering iron as normal. When the joint is made, slide the shrink-wrap over it and heat with a heat-gun or gas cigarette lighter if space is limited.

Job done.

w

A bit of tape solder is a useful thing to carry in your wallet. You can make a joint without a soldering iron, as long as you have a match or cigarette lighter.

[DreadPirate]

Originally Posted by wakibaki

You can buy tape solder. If you cannot buy tape solder, take a piece of regular multicore wire solder, put it on a flat, hard surface and squash it into tape by rolling a piece of round steel bar up and down it a few times. You have to lean hard on the bar. If you haven't got a suitable piece of steel you can probably use a glass bottle.

Twist the wires to be soldered together, having first slipped a piece of shrink-wrap tubing onto one side. Wrap the joint with solder tape and apply a tinned, clean soldering iron as normal. When the joint is made, slide the shrink-wrap over it and heat with a heat-gun or gas cigarette lighter if space is limited.

Job done.

w

A bit of tape solder is a useful thing to carry in your wallet. You can make a joint without a soldering iron, as long as you have a match or cigarette lighter.

Neat tip, never heard of this stuff before, will add it to my ever growing arsenal of repair tricks. Thanks.

[Coconuts 500]

Twist the wire ends together, then tightly spin some solder around it. Apply soldering iron.