[TR] soldering

[William Pugh]

US NAVY Electrical Soldering Manual says "The soldering iron must be applied
below the connection to be soldered, and the fluxed solder should melt through
all wires of the connection"


On Mar 5, 2012, at 4:35 AM, Dave1massey at cs.com wrote:

> In a message dated 3/4/2012 1:48:25 PM Central Standard Time,

> fogbro1 at comcast.net writes:

>> No one's mentioned "tinning" the wire. Doesn't anyone "tin" the wire

>> anymore?

>>

>>

>>

>> I dip the wire in flux, "tin" it, then feed it into the hot bullet,

>> having previously melted solder into the bullet. If off the car, the bullet
can

>> be positioned in a vice and the wire fed into it. If on the car, the
bullet

>> can be held in a forceps to minimize heat loss and fed onto the wire.

>>

>>




"Life is too short to drive Boring Cars"

Bill Pugh
USN SENIOR CHIEF PETTY OFFICER
AWCS ... Electronics Technician
Wallace, CA
Casper
1957 TR3
TS16665L
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