<VV> Soldering wire connections (no Corvair)

[Frank DuVal]

If a Weller brand soldering gun will not heat wires enough to flow 
solder, then your tip nuts are not tight. Use a 3/8" wrench to loosen 
the nuts a half turn and them tighten them till the nut squeaks. If you 
do this often enough the tip will always get hot, but you may need 
visegrips to clamp the rounded off nuts! Luckily Weller sells tips with 
nuts for those who round off the flats. (7135N). One can also use #12 
awg solid as a tempoorary tip. Or use #12 solid as an extention to the 
tip for those times a smaller tip is needed.

What do you mean a 100/140 watt soldering gun is not NASA soldering 
approved?

Frank DuVal

Clark Hartzel wrote:

>Yesterday I was installing a 7-wire trailer plug connector to my truck so it
>would match everthing coming from the factory these days.  Previously just
>had a 4-wire flat connector and then a 5-wire connector for the electric
>brake wire.  I thought I would "do it right" by soldering the connections.
>It was too cold here in MI to solder!  Tried 3 different soldering guns and
>none would get hot enough to melt solder!  So I used the old tried and true
>wrap the wires together, crimp with a pair of pliers and wrap it up with
>black electrical tape.
>My truck won't fit in the garage due to a tall topper.
>Clark Hartzel
>
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