What type of Solder to use.

[nate2587 10+ year member]

I am trying to get a stronger hold on some 1/0 ring terminals i just crimped on. I am using Rosin Based Solder (Electrical) and the solder just comes right off the wire/ring terminal.

How do you ensure the wire stays intact with the Ring Terminal?

O and search is all screwed up it's not letting me search AT ALL even tried google

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[hatedonmostly 5,000+ posts]

You need a torch, not a soldering iron.

I always found it impossible to solder with ring terminals, I only use lugs now.

 

[93dakota 10+ year member]

like the man said you are going to need a torch to do the job. You are just not getting the wire hot enough. When you are soldering you head the wire and the wire melts the solder. If you do it that way the wire should soak up the solder like it is a sponge.

 

[TMali 10+ year member]

now the trick is to heat up that wire without melting the coading

 

[joeybutts 10+ year member]

60/40 is great....

but you'll be there forever trying to solder 1/0 unless it is about 4" in length or shorter....

 

[legendndisguise 10+ year member]

^^^^ what he said

 

[blackman 10+ year member]

They make this awesome thing, I believe white people call it a WELDER?

 

[nate2587 10+ year member]

They make this awesome thing, I believe white people call it a WELDER?

I don't have one?

 

[ltr450racer690 10+ year member]

what kind of welder do you use? MIG? i just crimp and use a nail set

 

[Jh8909 10+ year member]

$10 dollar torch from home depot. 60/40 ROSIN CORE solder. get something a little bigger in diameter too. i forget what diameter i have, and i dont have it in front of me so i cant tell you. thats all you need though.

 

[hatedonmostly 5,000+ posts]

They make this awesome thing, I believe white people call it a WELDER?

You don't realize that you sound pretty stupid right now.

 

[TMali 10+ year member]

They make this awesome thing, I believe white people call it a WELDER?

i feel like i need to hit you with something right now.

 

[SicAudio 5,000+ posts]

They make this awesome thing, I believe white people call it a WELDER?

ARE you really that stupid?

You don't realize that you sound pretty stupid right now.

yup he is isnt he lulz

 

[x1le 10+ year member]

I used a pair of vice grips to crimp on my latest install and it worked nice. Took my time and gave it a pretty strong "pull" test and they didn't budge. After watching 98pheonix's vid of ring terminal soldering, it seems like a waste imo. Looked like you need to use near 1/2 a roll of solder per terminal.

 

[TMali 10+ year member]

yep, im almost done with my system. I just have to weld up my wire