soldering on a connector, and then getting the top on.

The tv amp required soldering a 1/8" jack on one set of wires and a
1/8" plug on another.

I usually have trouble with this, because both the tip and the ring
have connection points just barely inside the circumference of the
cover. If I put the wire through the little holes in each connector,
the solder plus the wire make a bump that interferes with screwing the
cover on.

I've been putting the wire through from the outside, so the amount of
wire outside is limited.

Or maybe I should ignore the little holes and just rest the wire on
the connection points to solder it. I hope t hese last two
paragraphs are clear.

How do you all solder small plugs so the solder and wire doesn't
interfere with the plug's cover?

micky formulerede Friday:
soldering on a connector, and then getting the top on.

The tv amp required soldering a 1/8" jack on one set of wires and a
1/8" plug on another.

I usually have trouble with this, because both the tip and the ring
have connection points just barely inside the circumference of the
cover. If I put the wire through the little holes in each connector,
the solder plus the wire make a bump that interferes with screwing the
cover on.

I've been putting the wire through from the outside, so the amount of
wire outside is limited.

Or maybe I should ignore the little holes and just rest the wire on
the connection points to solder it. I hope t hese last two
paragraphs are clear.

How do you all solder small plugs so the solder and wire doesn't
interfere with the plug's cover?

I think the reason for the hole is not to put the wire through, but to
minimize the heat transfer from the flap to the jack.

I don't use the hole in the ring-connector.
Actually, I call the connectors tip, ring and sleve, then sleve also
having the longest connector, which is also compressed around the
cable.

Leif

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soldering on a connector, and then getting the top on.

The tv amp required soldering a 1/8" jack on one set of wires and a
1/8" plug on another.

I usually have trouble with this, because both the tip and the ring
have connection points just barely inside the circumference of the
cover. If I put the wire through the little holes in each connector,
the solder plus the wire make a bump that interferes with screwing the
cover on.

I've been putting the wire through from the outside, so the amount of
wire outside is limited.

Or maybe I should ignore the little holes and just rest the wire on
the connection points to solder it. I hope t hese last two
paragraphs are clear.

How do you all solder small plugs so the solder and wire doesn't
interfere with the plug's cover?





Don't put the wire through the hole. Tin the wire the same length of the
connectors, tin the connectors, then solder it on flat.

If it stands proud, you can quickly wipe the soldering iron down its length
so it just melts and flattens the high points and doesn't unsolder the
joint.




Gareth.

On Fri, 1 Mar 2013 20:27:17 -0000, "Gareth Magennis"
wrote:

Don't put the wire through the hole. Tin the wire the same length of the
connectors, tin the connectors, then solder it on flat.

I agree. That's the way I do it. Strip the insulation back as little
as possible. Hitting the wire with the soldering iron will cause the
insulation to shrink back anyway. Add shrink tube over the wire if
you have room.

If it stands proud, you can quickly wipe the soldering iron down its length
so it just melts and flattens the high points and doesn't unsolder the
joint.

Yeah, that works. If I'm sloppy and build up too much solder, I just
reduce the solder buildup with a solder sucker, or solder wick.

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On Fri, 1 Mar 2013 20:27:17 -0000, "Gareth Magennis"
wrote:

Don't put the wire through the hole. Tin the wire the same length of the
connectors, tin the connectors, then solder it on flat.

I agree. That's the way I do it. Strip the insulation back as little
as possible. Hitting the wire with the soldering iron will cause the
insulation to shrink back anyway. Add shrink tube over the wire if
you have room.






Also, heat the tinned connector first and use this molten solder pool to
heat and solder the wire.
Less chance of damaging the wire insulation that way.




Gareth.

On Sat, 2 Mar 2013 00:55:10 -0000, "Gareth Magennis"
wrote:



"Jeff Liebermann" wrote in message
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On Fri, 1 Mar 2013 20:27:17 -0000, "Gareth Magennis"
wrote:

Don't put the wire through the hole. Tin the wire the same length of the
connectors, tin the connectors, then solder it on flat.

I agree. That's the way I do it. Strip the insulation back as little
as possible. Hitting the wire with the soldering iron will cause the
insulation to shrink back anyway. Add shrink tube over the wire if
you have room.




Also, heat the tinned connector first and use this molten solder pool to
heat and solder the wire.
Less chance of damaging the wire insulation that way.

Gareth.

Well, all 3 of you agree. I wish I'd asked this quesion 40 years ago,
but I had no one to ask. (AIUI back in those days,
sci.electronics.repair ran on the USPS mail and it took much longer to
have a discussion. It really took a long time when people from more
than one country were invovled. And postage charges -- especially
international mail to and from Denmark and the Netherlands -- were
substantial if there were 50 or more on the mailing list. Plus I
didn't know about it it then.) .

But if things go right, I have 2 or 3 decades to use what I just
learned. Thanks.