Make sure you always hold your iron just like he does in the thumbnail. That way you can be super precise.

As an IT Project Manager and DIY enthusiast I spend 80% of the time gathering requirements and proper data before the work even begins. After watching what I can only describe as an unbelievable amount of videos on how to properly solder XT connectors, this is by far one of the best. Information is presented Objectively with appropriate context for the viewer. Great job.

Given that after I solder it looks like a first grader's arts and crafts project, I thought I should check this video out. Thanks for the tips! At the very least my confidence is a big higher than before this video, 'till I fire that iron back up, LOL!

I know this was a year ago but after 30 years of automotive soldering myself, you and I solder the same way. Beautiful mate..great video how to.

I believe the most important thing is that people don't realize your actually heating the part the solder goes on to. Not just the solder itself. Great video even today!👍

Great video! I have 20+ years experience as a custom A/V technician, and solder almost daily... I’ve been shaking my head at a lot of soldering videos, almost all of them don’t say or show that you heat the object your adding solder to or joining and not melting the solder onto the object or the iron!! Glad you showed the correct way so ppl can really UNDERSTAND whats taking place! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼😎

It also helps to plug a spare connector into the opposite side of the connector you are soldering. It transfers some of the heat to the spare connector so you don't melt the one you're soldering and it also helps the metal connectors to stay in place if they get to hot.

Thanks for this video! I'm fairly new to RCs and have found myself needing to solder a few times and this will really help me hone my skills!

Impressive and I like the new intro too!

Nice video. I was always afraid to use high heat. I thought I would damage something but when I finally tried it, I realized I could make the joint and have the heat off in a fraction of the time. It was counter intuitive to me at first but I was holding the heat on for much longer and doing way more damage trying to use a colder iron. And use the biggest chisel tip you can for thick wires like the ones for xt90's. Again, hotter, faster heat transfer made for 1000 percent improvements in my joins.

Thanks for the video. I have been soldering for years but always good to get tips from a pro

Test joint ,quick pull .no dry joints !!! Very informative !!

Yes a very clear demonstration of what I was doing wrong thanks for posting a easy to follow video of how to do it right. great work

thanks Tomley! Learning to solder finally, my Blackjack42 welded itself to my new set of batteries so I had to cut them off

Thank you very much. That is the way and amount of solder I was taught to use many years ago !

Great video. Always looking to improve my soldering skills. Thanks!

Great tips. I would follow your advice since you have expertise and experience. BTW... I bought a La Traxx for my son and I bought a Pre Runner for myself. I love them with LiPos! Cheers!

Thanks for sharing your Knowledge. I also worked on aircrafts. I worked as an Aircraft mechanic in the Army for Four years :-)... i guess Thats the reason why i like you and your Videos :-)

Great work ethic. Glad you’re in aviation industry.

Tomley! Thanks bruv! I, glad to rely on you for this video. I’m about to wrap up my Capra, and this is the next to last thing to do.

The helping hand gadget is Amazing, I use the 60-40 solder mate 👍😁👍 Iam a machine technician by trade , i love soldering 😁 everything you done was bang on mate, fantastic tutorial video, really enjoyed it and I picked up some tips to, really enjoyed every minute of this video as always 👍😁👍

i just used a pro solder station a friend gave me ,set at 750 degrees and it made soldering so nice.,fast and simple..i have always used cheap irons that sometimes would not get hot enough for some reason and take forever to get a decent bond...

I saved this one. I haven't soldered much since I was like 12 or 13 when I had my RC10 and I royally sucked at it back then.

I solder with a stick and some flintlock. Sometimes I rub two sticks together with solder or use an acetylene torch. It melts all the connectors into a ball. Makes them all standardized.

Excellent video , couldn't fault your advice . I'm also an old aircraft elecy ( long retired ) , lots of soldering then . KUTGW . 🇦🇺😎

thanks tom, great soldering video!!

Nice job. Excellent video

Fantastic job, dude! 😃 About filling the connection with more solder, it all depends on how much current you're going to pull. For quadcopters, for example, where you have picks up to 130A... Definitely you would need to do that. Otherwise it's no need. 😊

Very good info. Best advice I have seen on soldering

LOL, I wonder how many people notice the way you were holding the soldering iron in the thumbnail? 🤣

Great video, Tomley! BY FAR the best I've found. Now, I'm going to scroll through the comments to see how many people want to try and argue with an aircraft electrician with 20 years of experience. LOL

Going to try my first soldering project tomorrow thanks for the tips, have to rewire my esc battery cables ill let you know how it goes lol i got a cheap set was like 35$ came with a lot of stuff including a multi metter but the iron is 60w 120v so should do the job fine

Thanks for the advice man, I was panicking when my 2 lipos arrived with xt60 and my esc was using deans haha

Great video thanks. 400 degrees was spot on.

The thumbnail got me rolling man! Good one!

This was very helpful.

Thanks for this video attempting my first at the weekend

10:57 ....now thats a great idea!! Thank you, Sir!

Excellent video. Thanks

Was so helpful KZfaq is the best for getting advice thanks tommylee it did help but we r going to try for first time wish me luck thank u

Great tips thanks👍👍

Great video, thanks for help :)

Great video iam a qualified macanic and always been in to rc Great video I do just the same keep up with the great videos

Great video!!!

Cool video thanks for the info.

Fantastic video.

This is an amazing tutorial

Tomley, thanks for this video. I am putting together an 8XE and am at the electrics stage. I bought some rosin core solder (lead free) off Amazon and, combined with my lack of soldering experience, this solder appears to be quite useless to tin on 10awg wire. I have just given Bill Shorthouse a call and have ordered the same solder you are using. If it still doesn't work then I am in trouble, haha.

Thank you for posting this : )

Thanks really helpful great great vid.

Nice video

Simple and informative. Great video, sub'd

GREAT HELP

I hate soldering Deans. This video helped though. I need to lose the lead-free stuff and going off memory, this is the first one I've seen where the tinning from the connector & cable was enough solder. That seems to make sense to me. In others they have added more but i liked this tutorial. thanks for the tips.

7 WOOHOO FROM TEXAS, COMMENT 2, GREAT VIDEO, KEEP EM COMING. 👍😎😎😎😎😎😎😎

New intro nice

Wow didnt no you was an aircraft electrician mate 👍👍

I love soldering. I've got an old reel of Radioshack solder that works perfect. If I buy new 60/40 it just disappears and turns into ash, I dont know if my soldering iron is to hot or what, but I go threw tips like crazy but I can solder XT90s and Deans with a quickness. I had an old Weller 8200 soldering gun and the tip just disintegrated after about 5 uses, idk what i'm doing wrong. The current soldering iron I use is a china brand one that came with like 5 tips it has temp adjustment I keep it at 350 degrees Fahrenheit

Like the new intro

the thumbnail made me flinch

Ive got a 30w iron. It clumps up and the solder doesn't soak into the wire. Definitely need an upgrade..

:-)!! Very good video!!

i was a solder for 7yrs but i just tried to solder some connectors but they would not solder to together i even had it at a high heat i just dont know what i was doing wrong you guys who solder on connectors make so easy me it takes hours and still fail get soldered

If you had flux on hand, would you put a dab in the bucket on the connectors before tinning them? A bit of flux on the wires before tinning is always nice, and when soldering small electronics things, I heat a bit of flux on the pads to clean them a bit before tinning, to remove oxides. But for fat connectors like these, would you use flux on them? Funny side note.. I'm gonna use XT60s to repair a ceiling halogen lamp that I like... I put in 8x 14W halogen bulbs by mistake.. it was rated for 8x 10W max. With the 14W bulbs total wattage would be 112W, and the transformer was rated for 105W max, so I was pretty sure it had blown its heat fuse. Not so. The 12V secondary of the transformer connected to the halogens with a Tamiya connector. I had noted it was probably getting a bit hot because the cable was already a bit darkened near the connector, but when I opened it up now it was brittle charcoal near the connector, and one of the pins had no continuity to the halogens. It had burned straight off inside the connector. Normal current in this lamp would be around 7A and with the wrong bulbs around 9A. Rated for 15A my ass, connectors were completely oxidized. I know RC and Airsoft people hate Tamiyas, and now I know why. On the plus side, in this case it acted as a fuse on the secondary, and saved the transformer from my stupidity! Not a feature I want from a connector tho, so I'm going with XT60s for the repair!

Ok so John Salt said with XT90 the small irons aren't hot enough. So is a 75W powerful enough for XT90 ? Are wires on batteries or esc when you cut off the old connector already tinned ? Because I've seen guys dipping wires in some resin flux paste and then dipping that in a Solder Pot bath machine. You can buy the metal sticks and melt them in. That does a perfect job. The resin sucks the solder ontovthe wire perfectly.

Ive got a notorious v5 i want to change connectors on the truck to xt90 what do u do with the temp wire

That tumbnail tho

6:12 is that the map connecter or female connecter...sorry I'm new to this

Hi Tom I have a esc with 14awg wire with xt90 connector, is that OK by any chance

Thanks for the vid. Would a weller expert 100w work on a xt90?

I think I used too much tin. Is there any way to remove excess?

Thankyou

Which Is better more lead, alloy, tin or others??? For the solder

This video fills me with false confidence i can do this 😂 directly to a lipo cell

Man 🙁 I have a 100 watt soldering iron The wire becomes too hot to Hold af the Plug melts before I can melt the solder . I can only Find Lead free Solder it’s P’eeing me Off. The tip keeps Blackening up I clean it like you . I Tim the wires but it’s when it comes to putting the the wire to the plug it goes Tits up.

lol I just had to pop in and comment on the Thumbnail, looks like that would hurt hanging on to the heated part of the soldering iron :P

Can't tell you how many soldered joints I've had to unsolder because I forgot the shrink tube. Hahah.

Hahaaaaa the thumbnail! 🤣🤦🏼‍♂️

400 degrees C or F?

He used Xt60 on the cr right?

I melted a connector... I'm not sure what to do now.

I don't now what I'm doing wrong. My solder just won't melt when I try to tin the wires or terminals. I'm using a 100w gun which I thought would be plenty (but maybe not). It a draper one like this mastertrade.co.uk/drp-71420-draper-71420-soldering-gun-kit-100w-240v.html. I'd appreciate any advice. Really hoped to get my car up and running this weekend

My xt60 starts to melt before the tin does

Great vids, I'm just waiting for the "experts" to come in and pick holes in everything like they do every soldering vid on youtube but as far as I'm concerned, that was a more than adequate tutorial which will help people to solder to a good strong standard. I've seen some real horror jobs before now www.ronlund.com/images/worst-solder.jpg I agree about lead free, obviously its possible to work with it because pretty the entire electronics industry relies on it but I find it so fussy and unforgiving. It takes a ton of heat to flow and then it stays in a sort of soft, grainy paste like state for a ridiculous amount of time after you remove the heat.

NEED HELP!!! I BOUGHT A EBIKE CONVERSION KIT THE CONTROLLER HAS A YS60 CONNECTOR MY 36V 15 AH LITHIUM BATTERY HAS A XT90 CONNECTOR. I LOOKED EVERYWHERE CANT FIND A SY 60 CONNECTOR ANYWHERE. I AM A NEWBIE TO ELECTRONICS. I KUST WANT TO STOP PEDDLING TO WORK. CAN ANYONE HERE HELP ME OUT WITH SOME TIPS AND ADVICE PLEASE. MY NEXT MOVE IS TO MAKE A VIDEO OF WHAT I GOT AND SEE IF ANYONE CAN HELP ME

Double check your soldering the right wires...haha

The thumbnail 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

- Keep your fingertip much further away from the iron tip when pushing the wire in, in case your fingers or iron slips. Your fingers are way to close at 9:13 for an instructional video. Or grab it with a tool like small pliers and ease it in, which is what I do. Finger tips should never be closer than about 3-4 cm away from the iron tip. - Use a heat gun instead of a flame for the heatshrink, they really are cheap

hi way dont u use flux i do better contact with the solder i solder bit different then u ...if u solder SILICONE wire with a very hot iron the solder will go down and under the cover and u wont be able to bend it

Who's the pro😂😂

90a connector with 20a wire... "advice from pro"

Yes, your iron is too hot. You applied solder to the connector and then reheated it. It's never good to reheat solder. Also, your iron left some sharp-pointed solder on the outside of the cup. Not a very good example of how to solder..

You talk to damn much just show us

Omg! Your solder job is terrible! "advice from a pro"? U serious? You cut way to much isolation off. It sticks out from the contact points of the plug. Everybody can see this. You heat up the connecter first, than the lead? Wtf? If you do this to long, it will melt or at least bend the plug! Just hold your soldering iron inside the contacts and heat up the lead like this. Much faster, master less heat on the plug and no mess on the outside of the contacts! Than do it again and stick the wire in while it's still melted and don't stop heating. This is way faster than you did! And you should always fill the contacts until the wires are INSIDE solder. Best is when you can't see the wire anymore, because it's inside the solder lead. Especially with wire this thin, compared to the contacts! Also : "advice from a pro"... Thumbnail shows you holding the soldering iron on the metal where it would burn your fingers crispy... Gj there m8!

In aus our wall socket is 240v is a 60w solder the same regardless of power supply as your wall sockets are a different volts would I still need a 60w