Make sure you always hold your iron just like he does in the thumbnail. That way you can be super precise.

@NWguy83

3 жыл бұрын

🤣

@captainchaos3053

2 жыл бұрын

And sure that it's ot enough I mean if your skin stick then the solder must be in with a chance.

@ismaelyu5

2 жыл бұрын

The word pro on that thumbnail tops it even more

@benherdiansyah1907

Жыл бұрын

Helpful advice

@FarmerFpv

Жыл бұрын

@@captainchaos3053 Huh? Is that english?

Given that after I solder it looks like a first grader's arts and crafts project, I thought I should check this video out. Thanks for the tips! At the very least my confidence is a big higher than before this video, 'till I fire that iron back up, LOL!

@TomleyRC

4 жыл бұрын

haha, glad it's helped you out!

As an IT Project Manager and DIY enthusiast I spend 80% of the time gathering requirements and proper data before the work even begins. After watching what I can only describe as an unbelievable amount of videos on how to properly solder XT connectors, this is by far one of the best. Information is presented Objectively with appropriate context for the viewer. Great job.

@TomleyRC

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jason. Appreciate the feedback, there are a few ways to solder, but this for me is the easiest and best way for a clean joint. 👍

I believe the most important thing is that people don't realize your actually heating the part the solder goes on to. Not just the solder itself. Great video even today!👍

I know this was a year ago but after 30 years of automotive soldering myself, you and I solder the same way. Beautiful mate..great video how to.

@TomleyRC

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate

Great video! I have 20+ years experience as a custom A/V technician, and solder almost daily... I’ve been shaking my head at a lot of soldering videos, almost all of them don’t say or show that you heat the object your adding solder to or joining and not melting the solder onto the object or the iron!! Glad you showed the correct way so ppl can really UNDERSTAND whats taking place! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼😎

@TomleyRC

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate. It's a very basic video, but hopefully covered enough for the average joe to understand. And I think in for this hobby it's more about a good connection than a perfect solder. 👍

@6spd85notch

4 ай бұрын

I just watched a couple of videos and no one ever says the most important part of soldering like you said. The higher the watt iron the better. They’re probably making a lot of people feel helpless that aren’t using a high watt soldering iron. Burning their finger tips nice and crispy.

Thanks for this video! I'm fairly new to RCs and have found myself needing to solder a few times and this will really help me hone my skills!

Test joint ,quick pull .no dry joints !!! Very informative !!

@TomleyRC

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers dude

Yes a very clear demonstration of what I was doing wrong thanks for posting a easy to follow video of how to do it right. great work

@TomleyRC

2 жыл бұрын

No probs Dan. Glad it was helpful

Thanks for the video. I have been soldering for years but always good to get tips from a pro

Great video. Always looking to improve my soldering skills. Thanks!

It also helps to plug a spare connector into the opposite side of the connector you are soldering. It transfers some of the heat to the spare connector so you don't melt the one you're soldering and it also helps the metal connectors to stay in place if they get to hot.

@danseto1745

2 жыл бұрын

thats a great tip thanks

@TheExplosiveGuy

2 жыл бұрын

You can take that one step further by soldering on a few inches of 12AWG wire to each side of your spare heatsink connector, it will pull a good bit more excess heat out of the plugs and keep it from melting the plastic. I've also found that an empty airbrush is excellent for cooling solder joints, just by blowing air over the part immediately after soldering, it's great for temperature sensitive joints.

@FarmerFpv

Жыл бұрын

@@TheExplosiveGuy ​ @Mark Green If have to cool it off then you're getting it too hot using too low of temp on the iron so that it heats up everything before melting. Use a higher temp to get in and out and use 63/37 as it cools faster than 60/40 does. Should not even come close to melting a connector. If it's getting that hot you're going something wrong. Not enough tip temp, too small a tip, and low wattage iron will all cause the connector to get too hot and melt the plastic.

@roadstar499

Жыл бұрын

i only had issues like that before i learned how to solder correctly... if you have a hot iron it only takes seconds to finish, connectors can melt do to taking to long leaving iron on connectors...

@waltdisneystaintt8784

8 ай бұрын

Could’ve use this advice last night

Impressive and I like the new intro too!

Thank you very much. That is the way and amount of solder I was taught to use many years ago !

thanks Tomley! Learning to solder finally, my Blackjack42 welded itself to my new set of batteries so I had to cut them off

Tomley! Thanks bruv! I, glad to rely on you for this video. I’m about to wrap up my Capra, and this is the next to last thing to do.

I saved this one. I haven't soldered much since I was like 12 or 13 when I had my RC10 and I royally sucked at it back then.

Great work ethic. Glad you’re in aviation industry.

Thanks for sharing your Knowledge. I also worked on aircrafts. I worked as an Aircraft mechanic in the Army for Four years :-)... i guess Thats the reason why i like you and your Videos :-)

@TomleyRC

5 жыл бұрын

Awesome mate, something in common then 😎🤘

Great tips. I would follow your advice since you have expertise and experience. BTW... I bought a La Traxx for my son and I bought a Pre Runner for myself. I love them with LiPos! Cheers!

Nice video. I was always afraid to use high heat. I thought I would damage something but when I finally tried it, I realized I could make the joint and have the heat off in a fraction of the time. It was counter intuitive to me at first but I was holding the heat on for much longer and doing way more damage trying to use a colder iron. And use the biggest chisel tip you can for thick wires like the ones for xt90's. Again, hotter, faster heat transfer made for 1000 percent improvements in my joins.

@TomleyRC

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, lots of heat and less time holding the iron on, once you get the hang of it.... it's really quite easy. My issue with XT90's is trying to get the cable in the hole neatly....I always end up with a couple of strands poking out lol.

@nemocheerio

5 жыл бұрын

@@TomleyRC This is how I do XT90's. Tin the wire, Tin the cup. Connector in the vice with the cup pointing away from me holding the wire pointing towards my chest. Tin iron and hold the iron on the cup for a second to "reheat" it a bit, then I put the wire on it, quickly put a bit of new solder on the iron and then press the wire down with the iron perpendicular to it. when pressing down you will feel the wire sink down into the cup and you can move the iron back and forth to smooth anything down that needs it.

Very good info. Best advice I have seen on soldering

@TomleyRC

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I tried to keep it simple so it was easy to understand

@fromtheflightdeck252

4 жыл бұрын

@@TomleyRC you are a good teacher..keep it up! More videos

Great video, Tomley! BY FAR the best I've found. Now, I'm going to scroll through the comments to see how many people want to try and argue with an aircraft electrician with 20 years of experience. LOL

@TomleyRC

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike. It’s not perfect, but certainly absolutely fine for this hobby. Some slight differences/tolerances in a proper engineering environment and certainly in the aviation industry. But you’ll not go wrong doing this in the RC Hobby

I solder with a stick and some flintlock. Sometimes I rub two sticks together with solder or use an acetylene torch. It melts all the connectors into a ball. Makes them all standardized.

The thumbnail got me rolling man! Good one!

thanks tom, great soldering video!!

i just used a pro solder station a friend gave me ,set at 750 degrees and it made soldering so nice.,fast and simple..i have always used cheap irons that sometimes would not get hot enough for some reason and take forever to get a decent bond...

Nice job. Excellent video

Excellent video , couldn't fault your advice . I'm also an old aircraft elecy ( long retired ) , lots of soldering then . KUTGW . 🇦🇺😎

@TomleyRC

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Steven, I enjoy soldering, it can be relaxing if it's not overly complicated.

Great video thanks. 400 degrees was spot on.

The helping hand gadget is Amazing, I use the 60-40 solder mate 👍😁👍 Iam a machine technician by trade , i love soldering 😁 everything you done was bang on mate, fantastic tutorial video, really enjoyed it and I picked up some tips to, really enjoyed every minute of this video as always 👍😁👍

@TomleyRC

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers Tony, I haven't soldered at work for probably about 10yrs... but still enjoy doing it in the garage :)

@TonysRcTechboom

5 жыл бұрын

Am a prison officer now so not worked on reall industrial machinery for about 4 years now, 👍😁👍 that's why I love this hobby, always a challenge mate 👍😁👍 love your vids Man,

@TomleyRC

5 жыл бұрын

Not a job I could do, managing 2 kids is enough haha

Thanks for the advice man, I was panicking when my 2 lipos arrived with xt60 and my esc was using deans haha

Thanks for this video attempting my first at the weekend

@TomleyRC

3 жыл бұрын

Good luck mate

Was so helpful KZread is the best for getting advice thanks tommylee it did help but we r going to try for first time wish me luck thank u

@TomleyRC

2 жыл бұрын

Good luck dude… plenty of practice and you’ll nail it 😎👍

Going to try my first soldering project tomorrow thanks for the tips, have to rewire my esc battery cables ill let you know how it goes lol i got a cheap set was like 35$ came with a lot of stuff including a multi metter but the iron is 60w 120v so should do the job fine

This was very helpful.

Great video, thanks for help :)

Great video!!!

Excellent video. Thanks

@TomleyRC

5 жыл бұрын

No probs mate. 👍

Simple and informative. Great video, sub'd

@TomleyRC

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😎🤘

Great tips thanks👍👍

Great video iam a qualified macanic and always been in to rc Great video I do just the same keep up with the great videos

Fantastic video.

@TomleyRC

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate 👍

10:57 ....now thats a great idea!! Thank you, Sir!

@dhgmllcshea5038

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! Keeps the pins aligned when the plastic gets soft.

Thanks really helpful great great vid.

This is an amazing tutorial

@TomleyRC

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you... tried to make it simple

@worldmapping4895

3 жыл бұрын

@@TomleyRC it worked really well, i soldered my first xt60 to an esc! thank you

Cool video thanks for the info.

@TomleyRC

5 жыл бұрын

No problem 👍

Thank you for posting this : )

@TomleyRC

5 жыл бұрын

No problem Del

Nice video

GREAT HELP

7 WOOHOO FROM TEXAS, COMMENT 2, GREAT VIDEO, KEEP EM COMING. 👍😎😎😎😎😎😎😎

@rcgarageph7228

5 жыл бұрын

Stephen Harris why you always saying that even in kevin talbot too?

@TomleyRC

5 жыл бұрын

We don't mention Kevin Talbot on this Channel.....he gets upset! 😂

LOL, I wonder how many people notice the way you were holding the soldering iron in the thumbnail? 🤣

Fantastic job, dude! 😃 About filling the connection with more solder, it all depends on how much current you're going to pull. For quadcopters, for example, where you have picks up to 130A... Definitely you would need to do that. Otherwise it's no need. 😊

@TomleyRC

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah I guess that would help a bit of the heat dissipate. 👍

@ubreakitirepairit3569

5 ай бұрын

Also dependent on the gauge of the wire. He’s using pretty small gauge wire.

@MCsCreations

5 ай бұрын

@@ubreakitirepairit3569 Good point. 😊

New intro nice

@TomleyRC

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers dude

Like the new intro

@TomleyRC

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers dude

Ive got a 30w iron. It clumps up and the solder doesn't soak into the wire. Definitely need an upgrade..

Tomley, thanks for this video. I am putting together an 8XE and am at the electrics stage. I bought some rosin core solder (lead free) off Amazon and, combined with my lack of soldering experience, this solder appears to be quite useless to tin on 10awg wire. I have just given Bill Shorthouse a call and have ordered the same solder you are using. If it still doesn't work then I am in trouble, haha.

@TomleyRC

4 жыл бұрын

Lead Free solder is pretty hard to use. I know a lot of people don't like to have 'Lead'...but sometimes it's the only way. As long as you keep the area well vented, you should be good. Good luck!

@karlalliban

4 жыл бұрын

Tomley RC well, I’ve bought a small USB fan to blow the smoke away from me, I’ll have the windows open and I’ll use the mask I bought for Covid-19 purposes! Should do the trick 😅

Wow didnt no you was an aircraft electrician mate 👍👍

I hate soldering Deans. This video helped though. I need to lose the lead-free stuff and going off memory, this is the first one I've seen where the tinning from the connector & cable was enough solder. That seems to make sense to me. In others they have added more but i liked this tutorial. thanks for the tips.

@TomleyRC

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, lead free is no good really. The cable was quite small on the deans, but the same thing works ok with a bigger one, as long as it's tinned correctly. Some of the cheaper deans can melt very quickly, so worth putting the male/female end on also to help absorb the heat better. 👍

Ive got a notorious v5 i want to change connectors on the truck to xt90 what do u do with the temp wire

i was a solder for 7yrs but i just tried to solder some connectors but they would not solder to together i even had it at a high heat i just dont know what i was doing wrong you guys who solder on connectors make so easy me it takes hours and still fail get soldered

:-)!! Very good video!!

@TomleyRC

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you

I love soldering. I've got an old reel of Radioshack solder that works perfect. If I buy new 60/40 it just disappears and turns into ash, I dont know if my soldering iron is to hot or what, but I go threw tips like crazy but I can solder XT90s and Deans with a quickness. I had an old Weller 8200 soldering gun and the tip just disintegrated after about 5 uses, idk what i'm doing wrong. The current soldering iron I use is a china brand one that came with like 5 tips it has temp adjustment I keep it at 350 degrees Fahrenheit

@TomleyRC

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it can be quite relaxing soldering. Not sure why the 60/40 is disappearing?

@CallMeAdam2023

5 жыл бұрын

@@TomleyRC I think maybe it's because it was cheap china stuff. Idk. Or my temp was to hot

@senseisecurityschool9337

Жыл бұрын

Hopefully by now you've purchased a soldering station with a thermostat? My wife got me one for Christmas a 14 months ago. I sure wish I had bought one many years earlier!

@CallMeAdam2023

Жыл бұрын

@@senseisecurityschool9337 I have bought at least 2 different soldering pencils since. Same luck with the cheap solder, it disappears once I heat it up and nothing ends up on the wire. My old Radio shack reel of solder is just about gone. And I have no idea where to get good solder the hardware store here only carries acid core for plumbing

If you had flux on hand, would you put a dab in the bucket on the connectors before tinning them? A bit of flux on the wires before tinning is always nice, and when soldering small electronics things, I heat a bit of flux on the pads to clean them a bit before tinning, to remove oxides. But for fat connectors like these, would you use flux on them? Funny side note.. I'm gonna use XT60s to repair a ceiling halogen lamp that I like... I put in 8x 14W halogen bulbs by mistake.. it was rated for 8x 10W max. With the 14W bulbs total wattage would be 112W, and the transformer was rated for 105W max, so I was pretty sure it had blown its heat fuse. Not so. The 12V secondary of the transformer connected to the halogens with a Tamiya connector. I had noted it was probably getting a bit hot because the cable was already a bit darkened near the connector, but when I opened it up now it was brittle charcoal near the connector, and one of the pins had no continuity to the halogens. It had burned straight off inside the connector. Normal current in this lamp would be around 7A and with the wrong bulbs around 9A. Rated for 15A my ass, connectors were completely oxidized. I know RC and Airsoft people hate Tamiyas, and now I know why. On the plus side, in this case it acted as a fuse on the secondary, and saved the transformer from my stupidity! Not a feature I want from a connector tho, so I'm going with XT60s for the repair!

Ok so John Salt said with XT90 the small irons aren't hot enough. So is a 75W powerful enough for XT90 ? Are wires on batteries or esc when you cut off the old connector already tinned ? Because I've seen guys dipping wires in some resin flux paste and then dipping that in a Solder Pot bath machine. You can buy the metal sticks and melt them in. That does a perfect job. The resin sucks the solder ontovthe wire perfectly.

Thankyou

Hi Tom I have a esc with 14awg wire with xt90 connector, is that OK by any chance

I think I used too much tin. Is there any way to remove excess?

6:12 is that the map connecter or female connecter...sorry I'm new to this

That tumbnail tho

@TomleyRC

3 жыл бұрын

😅👌

the thumbnail made me flinch

Thanks for the vid. Would a weller expert 100w work on a xt90?

@TomleyRC

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, anything over 75W should work fine :)

@All-rc804

2 жыл бұрын

@@TomleyRC thanks so much. Ive been strugling for 2 days wondering why i cant get it to work

Which Is better more lead, alloy, tin or others??? For the solder

@TomleyRC

9 ай бұрын

Lead.... but obviously that's the worst thing to breathe in

I melted a connector... I'm not sure what to do now.

He used Xt60 on the cr right?

lol I just had to pop in and comment on the Thumbnail, looks like that would hurt hanging on to the heated part of the soldering iron :P

@bagels2183

3 жыл бұрын

Only reason I opened this too lol.

Man 🙁 I have a 100 watt soldering iron The wire becomes too hot to Hold af the Plug melts before I can melt the solder . I can only Find Lead free Solder it’s P’eeing me Off. The tip keeps Blackening up I clean it like you . I Tim the wires but it’s when it comes to putting the the wire to the plug it goes Tits up.

@TomleyRC

3 жыл бұрын

Plug a male/female connector on to the other side of the connector to help dissipate the heat. Lead Free Solder is pants... ‘flux’ will help, but not easy to get hold off

400 degrees C or F?

This video fills me with false confidence i can do this 😂 directly to a lipo cell

I don't now what I'm doing wrong. My solder just won't melt when I try to tin the wires or terminals. I'm using a 100w gun which I thought would be plenty (but maybe not). It a draper one like this mastertrade.co.uk/drp-71420-draper-71420-soldering-gun-kit-100w-240v.html. I'd appreciate any advice. Really hoped to get my car up and running this weekend

My xt60 starts to melt before the tin does

Can't tell you how many soldered joints I've had to unsolder because I forgot the shrink tube. Hahah.

NEED HELP!!! I BOUGHT A EBIKE CONVERSION KIT THE CONTROLLER HAS A YS60 CONNECTOR MY 36V 15 AH LITHIUM BATTERY HAS A XT90 CONNECTOR. I LOOKED EVERYWHERE CANT FIND A SY 60 CONNECTOR ANYWHERE. I AM A NEWBIE TO ELECTRONICS. I KUST WANT TO STOP PEDDLING TO WORK. CAN ANYONE HERE HELP ME OUT WITH SOME TIPS AND ADVICE PLEASE. MY NEXT MOVE IS TO MAKE A VIDEO OF WHAT I GOT AND SEE IF ANYONE CAN HELP ME

Hahaaaaa the thumbnail! 🤣🤦🏼‍♂️

@TomleyRC

4 жыл бұрын

I was wondering when someone would notice :)

Great vids, I'm just waiting for the "experts" to come in and pick holes in everything like they do every soldering vid on youtube but as far as I'm concerned, that was a more than adequate tutorial which will help people to solder to a good strong standard. I've seen some real horror jobs before now www.ronlund.com/images/worst-solder.jpg I agree about lead free, obviously its possible to work with it because pretty the entire electronics industry relies on it but I find it so fussy and unforgiving. It takes a ton of heat to flow and then it stays in a sort of soft, grainy paste like state for a ridiculous amount of time after you remove the heat.

@TomleyRC

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, some people are very OCD with stuff like this. If I was soldering an Aircraft component I'd be a bit more precise, but for this job, it's fine :)

Double check your soldering the right wires...haha

@TomleyRC

5 жыл бұрын

😎🤘

hi way dont u use flux i do better contact with the solder i solder bit different then u ...if u solder SILICONE wire with a very hot iron the solder will go down and under the cover and u wont be able to bend it

@TomleyRC

4 жыл бұрын

Flux isn't that easy to get hold of in the UK. And yes, you are correct on the Silicone insulation, good practice to Solder with the wire horizontal

- Keep your fingertip much further away from the iron tip when pushing the wire in, in case your fingers or iron slips. Your fingers are way to close at 9:13 for an instructional video. Or grab it with a tool like small pliers and ease it in, which is what I do. Finger tips should never be closer than about 3-4 cm away from the iron tip. - Use a heat gun instead of a flame for the heatshrink, they really are cheap

@TomleyRC

4 жыл бұрын

I use my fingers as a guide to how hot the insulation is getting, good for small cables, not good for larger ones lol

@DheeraVenkatraman

4 жыл бұрын

@@TomleyRC I generally wouldn't recommend beginners try doing that ;) Usually if your technique is correct it won't be an issue. Or use teflon or silicone wire and it's much harder to melt it, you get some more time to work with.

The thumbnail 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Who's the pro😂😂

Yes, your iron is too hot. You applied solder to the connector and then reheated it. It's never good to reheat solder. Also, your iron left some sharp-pointed solder on the outside of the cup. Not a very good example of how to solder..

@TomleyRC

4 жыл бұрын

You should do a tutorial for us. If you shouldn't reheat solder... why do we 'tin' stuff?

@leighosaer

4 жыл бұрын

@@TomleyRC Great Vid bud, im just getting started with soldering this was spot on!!!! Looking forward to txkflier vid lol

@luckeyee5139

3 жыл бұрын

You're a nob

90a connector with 20a wire... "advice from pro"

Omg! Your solder job is terrible! "advice from a pro"? U serious? You cut way to much isolation off. It sticks out from the contact points of the plug. Everybody can see this. You heat up the connecter first, than the lead? Wtf? If you do this to long, it will melt or at least bend the plug! Just hold your soldering iron inside the contacts and heat up the lead like this. Much faster, master less heat on the plug and no mess on the outside of the contacts! Than do it again and stick the wire in while it's still melted and don't stop heating. This is way faster than you did! And you should always fill the contacts until the wires are INSIDE solder. Best is when you can't see the wire anymore, because it's inside the solder lead. Especially with wire this thin, compared to the contacts! Also : "advice from a pro"... Thumbnail shows you holding the soldering iron on the metal where it would burn your fingers crispy... Gj there m8!

You talk to damn much just show us

@TomleyRC

2 жыл бұрын

Mute it then :)

In aus our wall socket is 240v is a 60w solder the same regardless of power supply as your wall sockets are a different volts would I still need a 60w