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How am I supposed to soldering this? I have both soldering iron and a spool of solder. But most videos show soldering wires instead of what I need as you can see in the picture (disconeted cable on a laptop charger). I would higly appreciate any info and tutorial videos on this.

Edit: Video https://streamable.com/zeu6gm

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[–] flathead@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

it's hard to make out the photo solder flows towards the heat. Get a little solder onto each surface that you need to join, put it together and briefly touch them together before letting the solder fuse. You just need a solid connection electrically - soldering isn't welding! So just a little solder, don't go crazy, keep a cloth on hand to wipe off any excess solder. It will be a lot easier if you have some way to hold it in place while you solder - alligator clips are good for this. Tin the iron with solder, get it nice and hot then drop a little on each end, put together and apply the iron to fuse them while they are held in place - you can use your fingers to hold it for about 10 seconds while it cools but the wire will get hot, so keep fingers back from the connection point.

[–] gyy@monyet.cc 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

it’s hard to make out the photo solder flows towards the heat.

Video https://streamable.com/zeu6gm

Thanks for all the info so far! I'm trying some stuff but failing miselably haha

[–] flathead@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

You have a fair bit of room inside that plug, you can't really go wrong unless you let stuff overheat. see if you can get a little solder on the top of the plug joint, then a little on the wire - then hold them together and apply the iron for 3-4 seconds. Assuming the iron is hot enough, that should be enough to melt them together. It's intimidating at first, just take your time. it only takes a few seconds to get things hot enough to melt the solder, so don't leave the iron on anything longer than about 5 seconds - once the solder starts to run, remove the heat and it will fuse as it cools. try to stay away from the plastic housing, obviously - but it wont matter if you accidentally touch the iron to the plastic - the only way you can screw this up is to get the pin too hot so that it melts the plastic housing - you would have to leave the iron on it for longer than 5 seconds for that to happen. look at the other joint. You're trying to get it to look like that. It looks doable.

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