Solder Battery Cable Lugs EASY!

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Solder Battery Cable Lugs EASY!

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This is how to make battery cables. Soldering lugs on battery cables is easy and will give you a perfect battery connection every time. We need to build some new battery cables for the tractor. These old battery cable lug terminals are bad and need to be replaced TOOLS BELOW ↓↓↓↓
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@catfisher420 Жыл бұрын

Just put the terminal in your vice, heat it up and fill it half full with solder and slide the wire in.

@MichealJACKSON-ly6cd 7 ай бұрын

Thank you

@quintinwhite8653 3 ай бұрын

Way better way to do it👍

@joshmanis9860 Ай бұрын

That’s called cold soldering and it will work but not for long

@hugh3464 Жыл бұрын

Nice tip. You might consider a grommet in the frame hole before the metal rubs through your nice new cable.

@davidstepeck2644 7 ай бұрын

Nice job. Everything is clean and neat: from the routing of the battery cables, to the ground terminal “lug” you made, to soldering the positive battery cable terminal. Nice job and attention to detail ! The ground lug is my favorite.

@SVMSICE 7 күн бұрын

Love this idea!!!

@MattsShop 6 күн бұрын

Me too!!

@paulhooper6110 Жыл бұрын

Back at the old battery cable plant at Packard Electric, they used to have solder pots. Thwy just dip the entire connector/cable assembly in the pot. Maybe a dozen or two at a time. Solder didnt stick to insulation. I dont recall seeing adverse effects. I was only passing through, wish i paid closer attention to fluxing/crimping...

@jmfu 3 ай бұрын

50 points for having a pneumatic drill!

@MattsShop 3 ай бұрын

Haha thanks. I love air tools.

@markl.6716 4 ай бұрын

Wow, what I just learned in 2 minutes- thanks!

@MattsShop 4 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@DennisVrolijk 2 жыл бұрын

No need to drill a hole. Just put the connector in a vice and prefill it with solder.

@tek4 Жыл бұрын

I have done that with a roll of solder and flux on a battery as u was trying to get my truck started

@controlyourlife90 4 ай бұрын

he will have to heat it afterwards

@sunroy1 4 ай бұрын

I started out soldering my terminals but the price of solder has gone way up. Bought a $10 hammer crimping tool. Works great and from what I’ve read is better than using solder

@atnstn Жыл бұрын

Constant flame/heat required. Not this wiggling. Other than that it's fine. However inside the lug I suspect the flux hasn't travelled that well because of irregular heat corculation inside. Therefore the bonding of flux and solder will be imperfect.

@vdog4799 Жыл бұрын

That was very handy. Thank you👍

@MattsShop Жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@brngrofdeth 2 жыл бұрын

Nice job! Love and blessings from Ontario Canada!

@MattsShop 2 жыл бұрын

Blessings from the USA!

@randr10 Жыл бұрын

I've done a few of these and struggled with getting the solder into the fitting and not burning up the insulation. I'll have to try both of these things next time.

@jimbop101 2 жыл бұрын

Great tip, Matt

@Ske4444 7 ай бұрын

My! Man! 👍🏽

@MattsShop 7 ай бұрын

👍

@Anderzander 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing the video - how do you know when the terminal is full of solder? Are you looking for it starting to wick to the other side?

@MattsShop 4 ай бұрын

You're welcome. I wait till it drips out and soaks in the insulation end.

@PascalsTorus Жыл бұрын

Genius

@vitobondar5456 5 ай бұрын

Niiiiiiiice! Thank you

@MattsShop 5 ай бұрын

Any time!

@outkit6961 2 жыл бұрын

Sweet!

@MattsShop 2 жыл бұрын

👍

@daviddavidsonn3578 Жыл бұрын

you no crimp connector? you make BIG FIRE 😅😅😅😅😅

@kingslots9134 Жыл бұрын

Why ?.... this how I did mine too.....loose connections or wrong size wire cause fires,

@darinladick6666 Жыл бұрын

How come you didn’t crimp it?

@MattsShop Жыл бұрын

What's the point. I fill it with so much solder it'll never come apart.

@MJEscher Жыл бұрын

@@MattsShop Never say never 1. That shoe is smooth inside. An idiot may come by and pull on it to drag the battery over the floor. The crimp creates a connection that can take a significant pull. 2. Solder has a different expansion rate from copper.. so due to heat differences the solder may release from copper in time. This really does happen. 3. It not industry standard so a pro will never do it like shown in this video. Filling the shoe with solder does increase the connected surfaces and makes your connection electrically better. However you can not look inside the shoe so you won't know if the connection is still good in time if you don't crimp it. I like the little hole for filling it up, and the wet cloth as a heat sink, great ideas!