Improving Test Leads or Clip Leads by Soldering the Wire to the Alligator Clip

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Improving Test Leads or Clip Leads by Soldering the Wire to the Alligator Clip

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1929fordhotrod

Күн бұрын

As we are moving into the modern age, some things simply are not better only because the thought of making something cheaper rules. Jumper wires or clip leads now for the most part are made very cheaply. In most cases the wires are poorly crimped into the alligator clip resulting in a poor electrical connection. Using a jumper wire with a poor electrical connection will result in many head aches. To solve this problems it is a good idea to solder the wire to the clip lead. This is how I did it.

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@jamesrockford5145 6 жыл бұрын

A professional production. I could watch, listen, and learn for hours.

@lv7603 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the tutorial the best I could find.

@Ronbo765 6 жыл бұрын

Nice job!

@seans9841 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the tips!! Just had a few questions, if you wouldn't mind. Shouldn't flux be used (or does the stuff you use have a flux core)? Does wire being solid or stranded make a difference if you solder or not solder? I bought quite a few pairs dirt cheap, they are 30 amp rated (ya right China;) and I would like to use some left over 12 gauge solid I have laying around..will probably never push for then 12v-10amps through them...using them for electrolysis

@1929fordhotrod 7 жыл бұрын

Stranded wire will work best for homemade test leads. Solid wire will not bend well and will fatigued after a few bends. It is best to used flux core solder.

@seans9841 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you much sir

@patrickstefanski 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video!

@georgesimpson3113 8 жыл бұрын

Good video! My clips came with screws. Still not as good as solder.

@thatguythatdoesstuff7448 7 жыл бұрын

George Simpson I made a set of leads with banana plugs with set screws. I just ditched the screws and used the opening like a solder well.

@kittymeowmeepchershirebrya6963 7 жыл бұрын

@charlescoker7752 2 жыл бұрын

I tried jumping the 3 post Solenoid I used alligator clips hook up to the two large post. New battery. Nothing happens Clicks when you turn key. Could it be the ground wire keeping it from turning the starter? I checked the connections on the solenoid. , and the starter.

@larryparker656 7 жыл бұрын

Should you tin the wire before soldering?

@1929fordhotrod 7 жыл бұрын

It is not necessary to tin wire before soldering. If you do tin the wire before soldering, make sure you do not wick solder into the wire that is insulated.

@westbay5858 3 жыл бұрын

What is a good crimp tool. Mine seems to destroy the clip?

@PowerScissor 5 жыл бұрын

"and then we go resistive" Is that what he says at 0:55 of the video? I've replayed the section about 50 times and that's all I can guess. What is he saying...or alternately what does that mean?

@aaronfreeman2746 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, he just means that eventually the test lead will add undesirable resistance to whatever you are measuring, throwing your measurements off.

@Meta194 6 жыл бұрын

and melting the wire insulation is ok in this case?

@MantisRay861 7 жыл бұрын

What's the deal with the silver stranded wire? I'm doing this to make some test leads, and the wire I'm using does not wick solder at all.

@1929fordhotrod 7 жыл бұрын

Wires that appear to be silver are tin plated copper wires. The tin plating prevents the copper from oxidizing. Your wire might be contaminated possibly with a oil type product.

@86jekstrom 6 жыл бұрын

Apply a non acidic flux to your wire before soldering, it should then suck the solder right up!

@fantasticbrothers6332 7 жыл бұрын

thx for video i need to ask what is the max A and volt it can handel and thx

@1929fordhotrod 7 жыл бұрын

This depends on your digital multimeter (DMM) and the wire gauge of the leads.

@zorin40 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing how American English is supposed to be phonetic- read/speak as you see and yet I can distinctly see selective phonetics: sodder instead of sol der; erbs instead of Herbs just to name a couple - so at the end of the day English is what you make it out to be unless you are non White that is then people make fun of the Indian accent! On this occasion I would call it North American accent as the presenter is Canadian from the "ouot" I hear (out)

@SorenCicchini 2 жыл бұрын

The American pronunciations of words derived from French seem to be more closely aligned with the way that the French pronounce them, and those words are examples of that. The American pronunciation of herbs is similar to the French origin, and their pronunciation of solder is closer to the Old French words soudure and souder that it came from. Those Old French words in turn came from the Latin word solidare. In the early 15th century, the English re-Latinized the word to the one we know today but the Americans adopted the French pronunciation. If you ever want to know the history of a word, perform a search for it and the term etymology. e.g. "solder etymology". I speculate that the prevalence of French pronunciations in USA, particularly in manufacturing (solder) and military terms, e.g. carbine, relate to Americans learning these terms from the French not the British, as it was the French that supplied them with weaponry and production technology for their war of independence, which was a French proxy war with the British. Not sure why USA never truly adopted the metric system, though.