Soldering Irons for 18650 Battery Packs

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6 жыл бұрын

In this video, I talk about soldering irons. I've had the biggest problem with soldering irons just finding ones that'll work right and I want to share with you what I've learned about soldering 18650 cells so you don't make the same mistake I have made. I've tried several soldering irons and I've tried several soldering irons that are just crap. With each soldering iron, I get different results. I will show you what I've done research on what I've tried, and I'll show you what I've actually found so let's get into it.
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Пікірлер: 25

@wahabhabeeb8614 2 жыл бұрын

I had bought 300watt, and 90watt non worked until I stumbled on your video. I bought a cheap 100watt and it worked like magic. Thank you for sharing your experience.

@robvannNS 6 жыл бұрын

On my last battery I had the local sheet metal shop cut some 1/4" wide copper buss bars out of sheet metal. So much easier to solder the fuse wire. Thanks for posting the soldering iron overview.

@Gokraut 5 жыл бұрын

The tip your using makes a huge difference I am using a hakko iron up to 899 degrees with different tips. If you notice the iron that works well in your video has a large chiseled end allowing for faster heat transfer. Great video !!!!! Your series is great

@danielboix7973 5 жыл бұрын

Haces unos vídeos muy buenos. Gracias👍. I just tried with a 26wats welder with a thin tip and just a little bit of flux onnthe surface and a mix of 60% tin 38% led and 2% copper and no problem.

@ecospider5 5 жыл бұрын

I am looking at two weller irons. Their 100 watt industrial iron w100pg. Which is what you showed. And their 175w consumers iron sp175 with an orange handle. They are the same price on amazon. Do you think there will be any benefit to the extra power of the 175w iron. If not I think the green handle weller’s are better made. They are both rated for 900 degrees.

@batteryfun714 4 жыл бұрын

What did you do? Did you buy a 100w soldering iron? What was the result?

@vincenttelfer4206 5 жыл бұрын

another good video, how about a lithium powered soldering iron lol, the 1400watt iron I found they do work well trying to stick the solder on steel cable and maybe better taking the broke end bending into a shorter end there's usually enough on 1 leg to get it to work a insulator or heat shield between the forks would help, just like a mini inductor without the coil.

@meangreenhatch1 6 жыл бұрын

I think the reason he hasn't used vruzend or spotwelding is because he chose to fuse the cells. Ideally being able to fuse and spot weld would be the best of both worlds

@ForwardEngineering 4 жыл бұрын

I have no idea how you can possibly " go through tips" that bad. No reason unless your using the wrong flux like acid flux. I solder almost every day and haven't changed my tips for years and they are still solid .

@dawinksta 5 жыл бұрын

What type of fuses?

@batteryfun714 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, I'm trying to gather information about soldering . Actually I've a specific problem, it takes around 3 seconds for the solder to melt... and if it's in contact with a cable it takes much more. Based on your video I'm considering buying a better soldering iron... I'm using a 50w ... I'm going to buy a better solder iron... maybe 100w. Thank you.

@carlosguzman4461 3 жыл бұрын

Please dont laugh, I was using a 30watts one... only getting globes and it burns and I can use 10% of the soldering tips :( Im getting a cooper head one of 80watts, thinking on get one of 100watts

@lobbiedove5014 6 жыл бұрын

research showed that the weller depends on tip types to control temperature so need to get biggest as shown in video here- on ebay it states in one add only a 700 degree tip available so not too sure about this

@FrankBrand_gplus 6 жыл бұрын

I get that, I still thin that the hotter the tip the better. You will spend less time touching the cell which will mean the heat will not travel as deep into the cell. But I could be wrong. I have not seen any issues with the way I'm currently doing it. Thanks for the comment.

@thirdnormalform 6 жыл бұрын

Frank, have you considered trying vruzend bricks?

@FrankBrand_gplus 6 жыл бұрын

I have watched videos on them but I have not tried them. They came out after I started building my batteries.

@allinclusive5762 5 жыл бұрын

why don't spot-welding?

@aku7598 3 жыл бұрын

Soldering is irreversible. Not with spot welding. Spot welding is cleaner with no harm done for testing different strips and power to find best results.