Re: Best solder free electrical connection

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T i m 15 years ago

I've been soldering (on and off) for well over 40 years, and find it

>strangely satisfying! Last project was one of these:
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Neat, if you know what to do with it (ironic as I actually owned a PDP11 years ago). ;-)

I love soldering up a good project as it seems does our daughter. The last thing she did was the little Maplin kitchen timer and we use it all the time.

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Her first was one of their little flashing Xmyth tree projects when she was about 5 years old (much to the concern of 'Mum'). ;-)

This timer uses just one button to set, clear and stop and it's loud enough (it ramps up) to be heard from a couple of rooms away and over the telly.

Both a nice starter project and something that's (very) useful when finished.

I got her b/f to make one as his first project and they now use it as a reminder for TV progs and ever eBay auctions. ;-)

As an extension of the soldering daughter is now into pyrography, making personalised door name plates etc. ;-)

Cheers, T i m

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geoff 15 years ago

Let me quote from the instructions of the hot air / soldering station I just purchased

"Temperature of the soldering tip

High temperature will decrease the function of the soldering tip. So the temperature should be set to the lowest. This soldering tip has good quality for recovery and can solder at low temperature. This can protect the component sensitive with temperature

Cleaning

The tip should be cleaned with sponge periodically. After soldering the oxidised and carbonated superabundant soldering material will damage the tip. Deviation of soldering and deduction of function of the soldering tip will occur. The soldering tip must be dismantled for cleaning every week so the soldering tip can keep the function

After welding,clean the superabundant soldering material"

so now you know ...

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geoff 15 years ago

No - just file or otherwise (emery cloth) remove the plating back down to the base copper underneath just before soldering

Simples

FFS - it's a cheap plastic moulding with tags on it

you lot are turning this into a major project

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David Taylor 15 years ago

I would like some superabundant soldering material, please.

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clare 15 years ago

Technical Chinglish at it's best.

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geoff 15 years ago

Excuse me, but is the OP a Septic or English ?

If he/she/it is English, it's bugger all use pointing them at Septic outlets, is it?

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The Daring Dufas 15 years ago

I'm sorry, I have absolutely no idea what you are writing about. Could you find someone to translate it into American?

TDD

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Dave 15 years ago

I'm English and I haven't a clue what they are on about either. :-)

Dave

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clare 15 years ago

Cockney rhyming slang - septic tank = yank.

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The Daring Dufas 15 years ago

Howdy cousin! 8-)

TDD

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geoff 15 years ago

Septic tank = yank

duh - colonials

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geoff 15 years ago

In message , snipped-for-privacy@snyder.on.ca writes

Hardly cockney, universal ex-pat speak

or would one prefer ...

merkin

and if you don't know what a merkin is, look it up

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aemeijers 15 years ago

Yeah, but at least we had the stones to tell the monarchy to bugger off. Not that we don't do a lot of stupid stuff as well, but at least we haven't kept a clan of figureheads on the public dole for the last N centuries.

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The Daring Dufas 15 years ago

Um, the cultural education is nice but what's it got to do with electrical connections to a battery holder? Bizarre is fun but at least I try to keep my jokes within the subject matter being discussed. 8-)

TDD

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Paul 15 years ago

It was... Radio Shack used to have UK outlets (but seemed to have vanished), but the link above was certainly for their US replacement...

Its a long way to go for a battery holder..

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Michael A. Terrell 15 years ago

Yes. All the way to your mail box. Of course, that may require you to get out of your chair and actually walk.

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The Daring Dufas 15 years ago

The link was to show what the connectors look like, the connectors are available all over the world except perhaps at the yak dealer out on the steppes. I have trimmed solder tabs on a number of items in order to slip a faston connector on them, it's not rocket surgery.

TDD

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Tim Streater 15 years ago

I'd have thought both the battery holder and the tabs would be available at Maplins - small electronic parts.

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The Daring Dufas 15 years ago

Here's the Maplin link to what Brits call Lucar terminals:

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The terminals are the same as what are called Faston (fast on) terminals in The U.S. which slip on to a rectangular metal tab. The oval shaped solder tabs on the battery holder can be squared off in order to accept a Faston/Lucar terminal. Trim the solder tab to look like the end of a male Faston/Lucar terminal and you can make a quick connect.

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I hope this makes it clearer and easier to understand the concept.

TDD

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J Burns 15 years ago

FastOn is AMP's trade name for push-on terminals. I believe Lucar describes them as spade connectors.

Frederick Lucas started a car company by 1914. It went out of business in 1921. It produced the Lucar. Maybe that's the origin if the trade name.

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