Soldering

Dragon_fire · Post by **Dragon_fire** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 5:58 pm

What connections should be soldered in the car audio environment ? (I just got two new soldering irons....I wanna play with them)

William from NOLA · Post by **William from NOLA** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 6:18 pm

I'd solder all wire to wire connections. After you solder them, make sure you put electrical tape around them or whatnot to insulate/protect them.

That's pretty much it for the most part.

audiofreak12 · Post by **audiofreak12** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 6:56 pm

Theres a kid at my school who made good use of his soldering iron. His tensel leads were broken so he took solid strand copper wire and soldered in its place, after his distortion shook that out of place he used some speaker wire and electrical tape. That shows his Creativity skills though lol. Yes i know, only in MO.

Ryan from Ohio · Post by **Ryan from Ohio** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 2:58 am

I put my soldering skills to use a few times. Especially when I had my Avalon sub...lol...

The tinsel lead from the cone-VC kept breaking...

I repaired it 3-4 times before I threw the sub out...

Fishy · Post by **Fishy** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 5:52 am

Soldering stories...... hehe.

I had a voice coil lead break/burn right where it made a sharp angle between the cone and former on one of my 5 1/4" Q's. I managed to take the thing apart and solder it back together. I glued the cone/former back to the spider with some 5200 and its been playing fine for over a year now. I guess the slight amount of added 5200 mass didn't effect it much because I can't tell a difference in sound between it and the "good" one. I saved myself $180 for a replacement driver as well.

:)

-Fishy