Need Advice On Soldering

[praztek 10+ year member]

I'm looking to solder a individual wire to each of the leads of a voltage regulator. Any advice in keeping them from touching? See item below.

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062599&cp

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[Shyne151 10+ year member]

bend them, shrink wrap/wire tape, then bend them back.

 

[praztek 10+ year member]

No need to solder then.

 

[praztek 10+ year member]

This something that can be picked up at radio shack? Will it be just as good as soldering?

 

[thatsgonnahurt 10+ year member]

trim leads, lap solder, heat shrink

 

[Crzy 10+ year member]

if u want the wire to stay attached to the prong as ur soldering which i think is what ur asking how to do, just use an alligator clip or something on the tip of the wire and solder it up

 

[praztek 10+ year member]

Great Advice

Thanks Everyone!

 

[praztek 10+ year member]

If I get solder on the lead in which I'm soldering a wire to, can you solder a wire over it? Sorry for the anal question, but I'm new at this.

The voltage regulator gets pretty warm, will this damage it?

 

[praztek 10+ year member]

Does the wire need to come into direct contact to the lead? Lets say the lead is covered with solder, can I then re solder the wire over the already soldered lead?

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The 5 v regulator in which I'm soldering wires to gets pretty warm, will this damage it?

 

[praztek 10+ year member]

Thanks, so the regulator should be fine as well, since it gets hot.

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

Use a heat sink on the regulator while you are soldering. It should only take a moment to get it all done up. Tin the leads, tin the wire, slip a piece of heat shrink over each wire, spread the leads, attach a clip on heatsink to the lead that you are working on, lay the wire in line with the lead, heat the wire with the iron until the solder melts on both the lead and the wire, remove heat, move on to next wire and repeat, once you're done with all 3, let it cool for a bit and move the heatshrink into place and shrink with a lighter or hairdryer or heatgun.

 

[Crzy 10+ year member]

what you are talking about is called tinting, tint the wire also whihc means put a coat of solder onto the wire first then flix the connector and solder it to it

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

what you are talking about is called tinting, tint the wire also whihc means put a coat of solder onto the wire first then flix the connector and solder it to it

thats actually called Tinning....

Tinning the wire........

 

[Crzy 10+ year member]

yea tinning was half asleep then //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif