Soldering
 

Advice needed please folks, I'm trying to soldering my connections on my shiny new esc, now my trouble is I've got a 30watt soldering iron but I can't seem to get the solder to stick to the esc connections, if I do get a wire attached it breaks off with the slightest pull. Any info in wattage or solder please? :confused:

Stu

You will need at least a 50W iron, and need to tin (coat) the ESC terminals with solder and the same with the wire before trying to solder together.

And get some flux on there, cleans up the surface nicely.

Yup Defo go with the flux

I use it for every bit of soldering I do.

I've been using a 40w soldering iron that i got from maplins about 2yrs ago , was in a sale at about £20 !!

and use this solder ..http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SILVERLINE...item43c200a114

i find it really good , easy to use and you get a nice shiny joint .., ive never had one break ............ yet !!! :thumbsup:

I use this. The mains version.

http://www.cmldistribution.co.uk/cml...tId=0000001121

Does motors and speedos with ease. Can't go wrong for £14.99 either.

Cheers guys, got a nice new 60w iron on order some flux and more solder. I'll keep ya posted :thumbsup:

Also het the biggest tip you can

That's the key, a big tip to hold the heat. If it comes with a taper tip change it for a chisel tip at least 6mm diameter - the bigger the better. HTH :)

Thanks again for the advice guys, new soldering iron worked a treat and managed to get the whole thing soldered in an afternoon :)

Thanks again :thumbsup: