Borrall Wonnell schreef in berichtnieuws ...
Thanks for the response.

To answer some questions, the RCA jack I am using has pass-through
holes at the +ve/-ve terminals. Effectively, each terminal consists
of a thin plate of metal with a hole in it.

To give you an idea...

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showd...umber=091-1203

You can see one terminal on the right with an oval hole. The other
terminal can be (partially) seen at the back of the picture...this
would also have a hole. I tried simply looping wire through these
holes and compressing (solid-core wire) or twisting (stranded wire).
Using either method, the resulting connection is 'loose'....kind of
similar to a link in a chain.

When soldering, I tried holding it steady, but was not terribly
successful doing this with my two hands (no clamp). My soldering
technique would be ok, but I have a crappy iron which translates into
frustrating work (I have better tools, but I was just using what was
available at the time).

The 'chain link' effect makes for a weak solder join. Any suggestions
on what could improve the join prior to soldering?

Cheers,
Dave


Hm, you try to film and make steady shots, standing at one leg in a heavy thunderstorm and wonder why it don't succeed... ;o)

Seems that the flux is already gone before the soldering is done. Then, work faster (to prevent the flux is evaporated), use a clamp
or thirdhand-thingie, or add some acid free flux and be sure to keep whole thing steady untill the solder is hard again.

Such parts as the RCA connector is normally easy to do, up, under, in, around the hole of the mass ring or in, against or wrapped
around the signal pen, if good soldered; you can hang easily 2 kg on the soldered wire (if chassis part is some quality, you could
pull the signal pen out of it).

A quick overview here might be helpfull.
http://www.elexp.com/t_solder.htm

If still not working, try to make a picture of your result.
A picture can tell more than 1000 words. ;o)