Just put the terminal in your vice, heat it up and fill it half full with solder and slide the wire in.

@MichealJACKSON-ly6cd

5 ай бұрын

Thank you

@quintinwhite8653

Ай бұрын

Way better way to do it👍

@joshmanis9860

Күн бұрын

That’s called cold soldering and it will work but not for long

Nice job. Everything is clean and neat: from the routing of the battery cables, to the ground terminal “lug” you made, to soldering the positive battery cable terminal. Nice job and attention to detail ! The ground lug is my favorite.

No need to drill a hole. Just put the connector in a vice and prefill it with solder.

@tek4

Жыл бұрын

I have done that with a roll of solder and flux on a battery as u was trying to get my truck started

@controlyourlife90

2 ай бұрын

he will have to heat it afterwards

Nice tip. You might consider a grommet in the frame hole before the metal rubs through your nice new cable.

Wow, what I just learned in 2 minutes- thanks!

@MattsShop

3 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Back at the old battery cable plant at Packard Electric, they used to have solder pots. Thwy just dip the entire connector/cable assembly in the pot. Maybe a dozen or two at a time. Solder didnt stick to insulation. I dont recall seeing adverse effects. I was only passing through, wish i paid closer attention to fluxing/crimping...

Great tip, Matt

Nice job! Love and blessings from Ontario Canada!

@MattsShop

2 жыл бұрын

Blessings from the USA!

That was very handy. Thank you👍

@MattsShop

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

50 points for having a pneumatic drill!

@MattsShop

2 ай бұрын

Haha thanks. I love air tools.

I've done a few of these and struggled with getting the solder into the fitting and not burning up the insulation. I'll have to try both of these things next time.

Constant flame/heat required. Not this wiggling. Other than that it's fine. However inside the lug I suspect the flux hasn't travelled that well because of irregular heat corculation inside. Therefore the bonding of flux and solder will be imperfect.

I started out soldering my terminals but the price of solder has gone way up. Bought a $10 hammer crimping tool. Works great and from what I’ve read is better than using solder

Genius

Sweet!

@MattsShop

2 жыл бұрын

👍

My! Man! 👍🏽

@MattsShop

6 ай бұрын

👍

Niiiiiiiice! Thank you

@MattsShop

4 ай бұрын

Any time!

Thanks for sharing the video - how do you know when the terminal is full of solder? Are you looking for it starting to wick to the other side?

@MattsShop

3 ай бұрын

You're welcome. I wait till it drips out and soaks in the insulation end.

you no crimp connector? you make BIG FIRE 😅😅😅😅😅

@kingslots9134

Жыл бұрын

Why ?.... this how I did mine too.....loose connections or wrong size wire cause fires,

How come you didn’t crimp it?

@MattsShop

Жыл бұрын

What's the point. I fill it with so much solder it'll never come apart.

@MJEscher

11 ай бұрын

​@@MattsShop Never say never 1. That shoe is smooth inside. An idiot may come by and pull on it to drag the battery over the floor. The crimp creates a connection that can take a significant pull. 2. Solder has a different expansion rate from copper.. so due to heat differences the solder may release from copper in time. This really does happen. 3. It not industry standard so a pro will never do it like shown in this video. Filling the shoe with solder does increase the connected surfaces and makes your connection electrically better. However you can not look inside the shoe so you won't know if the connection is still good in time if you don't crimp it. I like the little hole for filling it up, and the wet cloth as a heat sink, great ideas!

Shit should be crimped. If you don’t want to invest in a crimper, find a diesel shop. They will have one.

How did you clean it up after you soldered it???

Noice!