So helpful for beginners like myself, like listening to Mike from Breaking Bad explain soldering haha! Very relaxing and reassuring tone of voice, thank you for taking the time to make this video.
so I have a small power switch on a mechanical keyboard pcb, that is in entirely the wrong place for my needs. My plan was to desolder it, solder wires to each leg ( it has 6) and solder those wires back through the pcb. Is this feasible?
My mistake was soldering the wires into the eyelets that are in the insulator part of the panel mount potentiometer. I had gotten away with it on 2 pots, I think because I was using a lower temp on my iron back then, but a few kits later I had 2 pots go bad on me, and I am fairly sure it was from applying too much heat to closely to the center of the component. The legs did not have holes in them, so I just thought I could use the holes that it seems you are not suppose to use. 😂
Strip a small amount of insulation off the wire and then you can solder it directly to a track or pad on the pcb. If you are soldering to an existing pad, remove the solder first then solder the wire onto the pcb.
I've never used wire strippers, you really don't *need* wire strippers, but let me tell you it makes things faster and more secure. Don't be like me, use wire strippers. Wire strippers are not to be confused to ordinary strippers.
1929fordhotrod Even then using a small amount of no clean flux makes it much easier. Also when u place the iron back in the stand tin the tip. U never mentioned it in the video. The solder protects the hot tip.
The connection to the second potentiometer is terrible. Solder didn't fully wick into the strands, because they didn't heat enough. This would have been better by tinning the wire before twisting it around the pin, then using a small solder bridge on the iron tip for better thermal transfer. (In general, it's wiser to pre-tin stranded wire before soldering it to things.)
Actual you do not want the solder to wick into the wire on the insulation side of the wire under the insulating material of the wire. Secondly there is no purpose to have the solder wick into the wire part that will be cut off. If you look closely there was a sufficient amount of heat as the solder did wick into the wire wrapped around the post and bonded well to the post. That is all that is required for a quality connection.
1929fordhotrod I didn't say the solder needed to wick under the insulation, which you correctly state is undesirable. And indeed, it's irrelevant whether the excess to be trimmed has wicked or not. But the outer strands of the wire wrapped around the post don't appear to have wetted at all -- there's a huge mound of solder on the post, but it hasn't wicked into the wire completely.
I was using a plated wire which might make it difficult to see depending on what you are viewing the video. I can assure you the solder did wick into the wire sufficiently. I also did make mention of the excess solder that did flow quickly down the post and is not that desirable. This is sometimes a casualty with the extra equipment getting in my way while filming.
And I am saying you, Alejandro and Antonio, have no experience nor credibility to stand on. Are we at your channel, no? You don't even have a channel, all you have are bad attitudes and zero experience. Cheers!
Skip to 5:25 if you didn't come here for wire stripping
aww let the old man show off his strippers XD
but yeah, it was quite a convention lol
Thank you, this taught me exactly what I needed for DIY synth project.
So helpful for beginners like myself, like listening to Mike from Breaking Bad explain soldering haha! Very relaxing and reassuring tone of voice, thank you for taking the time to make this video.
You made it look so simple. Thank you. I've got to do a potentiometer in the morning and have never had success. I was doing it wrong.
i love how you keep saying " wee bit " :) hello from scotland :)
Thank you so much for this video. I have something I need to repair and I had no idea what I needed to do until I found this. Very Helpful!
Very clear and helpful. Thank you for posting it!
Excellent, clear video, very helpful. Many thanks
so I have a small power switch on a mechanical keyboard pcb, that is in entirely the wrong place for my needs. My plan was to desolder it, solder wires to each leg ( it has 6) and solder those wires back through the pcb. Is this feasible?
This video is amazing!!!!
Excellent tutorial thank you
My mistake was soldering the wires into the eyelets that are in the insulator part of the panel mount potentiometer. I had gotten away with it on 2 pots, I think because I was using a lower temp on my iron back then, but a few kits later I had 2 pots go bad on me, and I am fairly sure it was from applying too much heat to closely to the center of the component. The legs did not have holes in them, so I just thought I could use the holes that it seems you are not suppose to use. 😂
how many hands you got? its hard to hold all three
Great video. Helped out!
Good teacher!
Very good video as usual.
Thanks for the great video, really helps for the novice ones like me.
Very good teaching video. Many thanks.
friend, i use copper wire at pcb board any problem ????
Thanks man
Really helpful series
What wire can I use v
i have a problem i am about to solder the super tiny wire in a pcb that has no hole do have a video on how to do it ?... thanks for the help :D
Strip a small amount of insulation off the wire and then you can solder it directly to a track or pad on the pcb. If you are soldering to an existing pad, remove the solder first then solder the wire onto the pcb.
Great video!
I've never used wire strippers, you really don't *need* wire strippers, but let me tell you it makes things faster and more secure. Don't be like me, use wire strippers.
Wire strippers are not to be confused to ordinary strippers.
Can you solder two wires to one part ?
yes
Are those tinned copper or aluminium?.
I used tinned copper wire. I have not seen aluminum wire now for a very long time.
1929fordhotrod Good to know. Tinned copper wire is the way to go!. In our country we still have cheap Al wires.
Very good thank you
Why did you not use flux?
I am using a rosin core solder.
1929fordhotrod Even then using a small amount of no clean flux makes it much easier. Also when u place the iron back in the stand tin the tip. U never mentioned it in the video. The solder protects the hot tip.
really did learn a lot but why did u strip the wires so much
Good video, but I don't think you should say "wait for a minute" when in reality it's 1-5 seconds.
The connection to the second potentiometer is terrible. Solder didn't fully wick into the strands, because they didn't heat enough. This would have been better by tinning the wire before twisting it around the pin, then using a small solder bridge on the iron tip for better thermal transfer. (In general, it's wiser to pre-tin stranded wire before soldering it to things.)
Actual you do not want the solder to wick into the wire on the insulation side of the wire under the insulating material of the wire. Secondly there is no purpose to have the solder wick into the wire part that will be cut off. If you look closely there was a sufficient amount of heat as the solder did wick into the wire wrapped around the post and bonded well to the post. That is all that is required for a quality connection.
1929fordhotrod I didn't say the solder needed to wick under the insulation, which you correctly state is undesirable. And indeed, it's irrelevant whether the excess to be trimmed has wicked or not. But the outer strands of the wire wrapped around the post don't appear to have wetted at all -- there's a huge mound of solder on the post, but it hasn't wicked into the wire completely.
I was using a plated wire which might make it difficult to see depending on what you are viewing the video. I can assure you the solder did wick into the wire sufficiently. I also did make mention of the excess solder that did flow quickly down the post and is not that desirable. This is sometimes a casualty with the extra equipment getting in my way while filming.
He's saying that the external wires are naked, you can still see the filaments of the wire as they are not covered by the solder
And I am saying you, Alejandro and Antonio, have no experience nor credibility to stand on. Are we at your channel, no? You don't even have a channel, all you have are bad attitudes and zero experience. Cheers!