Soldering motor advice?

[HyperLiam]

I've tried to solder the 3 wires to the motor with no luck what so ever!! It just doesn't seem to want to take to it at all. Any help and advice would be greatly apreciated.

Thanks Liam

[benl]

Hi,
Not sure if this will be any help at all but a couple of points to watch out for.
Have you tinned the tip of your soldering iron (covered it in solder) and is it clean.
You also need to tin the ends of the wires and the contact points on the motor. This should help to get everything flowing.
Is your soldering iron a high enough wattage?
You need to heating either the wire or the contact point and adding the solder onto these rather than directly onto the iron.
Also leaded solder is best although I just use the cheap stuff sold in most hardware shops.
Sorry if this is all old news to you I'm by no means the best solderer so hopefully some others can give you some more advice!
Thanks
Ben

[imull]

Make sure you're using leaded solder for a start. Make sure that you tin the wires before soldering them to the motor.

Are you using an iron with a large tip and good wattage (40W+)? Make sure it's clean then tin the tip before you try and solder the wire to the motor.

[Naushad]

Echo the above...try a little flux paste aswell. It may help

[rondoolaa]

Deffo on the flux paste, I use fluxite soldering paste and 60/40 solder and a portasol technic gas powered soldering iron and I tin the wires and the motor tabs with the paste and solder, then put a bit more flux on both and solder together, it takes in seconds and creates an excellent strong finish,


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FRYS-FLUXI...2#ht_500wt_969



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i've had one of these 50g tins for 20 years and i still have enough for a few years yet, and i solder a lot and use it every time, great investment

[HyperLiam]

Well thanks for all the help and advice guy, the only thing I haven't tried is the flux so I'll give that a bash and fingers crossed!!

[neallewis]

Get some old school leaded solder. New lead free solder is horrible to use, and requires a super hot iron, or give up. It's a pig to work with with my 480degC solder station, but leaded solder is perfect at 300degC.
Search ebay for "lead solder -free" and you'll find lots. 60/40 tin/lead flux core solder.

Flux paste is also a must for cleanign your iron tip and helping to tin the wires and contacts. remove residue with motor spray afterwards.
you can get good flux paste (LA-CO) from a plumbers merchants.