JulianLights
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Hi everyone
I am looking for some advice on soldering strips. Having never done soldering before I am having real difficulty soldering wire to the strips.
I am using strips with 3 pads (Ray Wu’s) and Ray Wu’s 3 core pigtails.
The trouble I seem to be having (other than the fact I am new to it) is that the size of the wire is too big to connect to the pads. I don’t have any trouble soldering the wires and the pads individually but when trying to solder them together I don’t get a good connection.
What size wire does everyone else use? I know that Ray Wu’s pigtails are 18 gauge, is that too big or do I just need more practice (undoubtedly I do)?
One of the ways I am thinking to get around it is to solder a short length of smaller gauge wire to the strips and then connect the pigtails to the wire. But that seems messy to me?
Thanks in advance everyone!
I am looking for some advice on soldering strips. Having never done soldering before I am having real difficulty soldering wire to the strips.
I am using strips with 3 pads (Ray Wu’s) and Ray Wu’s 3 core pigtails.
The trouble I seem to be having (other than the fact I am new to it) is that the size of the wire is too big to connect to the pads. I don’t have any trouble soldering the wires and the pads individually but when trying to solder them together I don’t get a good connection.
What size wire does everyone else use? I know that Ray Wu’s pigtails are 18 gauge, is that too big or do I just need more practice (undoubtedly I do)?
One of the ways I am thinking to get around it is to solder a short length of smaller gauge wire to the strips and then connect the pigtails to the wire. But that seems messy to me?
Thanks in advance everyone!