help soldering ground wire to a Cardas female RCA chassis socket

jarthel · 6th March 2007, 11:17 AM

I bought a pair of Cardas GRFA (http://www.partsconnexion.com/catalog/connectors.html) for a project.

The signal wire is easy to solder. BUT I'm having a hard time soldering the ground wire.

If you look at the PCX website, it contains a photo of the connector. I'm trying to solder it to the "groove". I tried 63/37 solder and silver-content solder.

any tips?

thank you.

Netlist · 6th March 2007, 11:29 AM

Unless the ground connection is not made to be soldered upon (nikkel or...), you probably need more heat.

/Hugo

jarthel · 6th March 2007, 11:37 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Netlist
you probably need more heat.

/Hugo

I have a temp-controlled station. I have set it to around 450 degrees Celcius and still no luck.

Netlist · 6th March 2007, 11:56 AM

Of course the connector needs to be hot enough. Your iron seems capable.
I have nothing against Cardas, -I only know the name- but if soldering is such a though job...
Maybe someone familiar with these connectors could comment?

/Hugo

RetroAudio · 6th March 2007, 01:23 PM

Try dismounting the RCA jack if mounted already so that there is less heatsinking. The ground portion is indeed bulky but can be heated if isolated. You'll have to finagle with wires and mounting gear perhaps already being in place before soldering. Just evaluate your setup accordingly. I used a set of helping hands to do mine and a 800 degree F tip.

6th March 2007, 11:17 AM	#1
jarthel diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: somewhere in Australia	help soldering ground wire to a Cardas female RCA chassis socket I bought a pair of Cardas GRFA (http://www.partsconnexion.com/catalog/connectors.html) for a project. The signal wire is easy to solder. BUT I'm having a hard time soldering the ground wire. If you look at the PCX website, it contains a photo of the connector. I'm trying to solder it to the "groove". I tried 63/37 solder and silver-content solder. any tips? thank you.

6th March 2007, 11:29 AM	#2
Netlist diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003	Unless the ground connection is not made to be soldered upon (nikkel or...), you probably need more heat. /Hugo __________________ Freedom is never free. -Unknown-

6th March 2007, 11:56 AM	#4
Netlist diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003	Of course the connector needs to be hot enough. Your iron seems capable. I have nothing against Cardas, -I only know the name- but if soldering is such a though job... Maybe someone familiar with these connectors could comment? /Hugo __________________ Freedom is never free. -Unknown-

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6th March 2007, 01:23 PM	#5
RetroAudio diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Everett, WA	Try dismounting the RCA jack if mounted already so that there is less heatsinking. The ground portion is indeed bulky but can be heated if isolated. You'll have to finagle with wires and mounting gear perhaps already being in place before soldering. Just evaluate your setup accordingly. I used a set of helping hands to do mine and a 800 degree F tip.

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