Wiring & Soldering for newbs
02-10-2008, 01:21 PM
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Wiring & Soldering for newbs
Wrote this out for another thread in the LSx and LTx part of the forum and thought it might be useful to others so i'll give it its own thread 
Wiring can be as easy as you make it. Patience is the key! To properly splice a wire for your harness you must go pin by pin, wire by wire. It takes along time but do ONE AT A TIME.
As for soldering, you can do it like this which is the most common:
Or another way i like to do it is Interlocking them, not just overlaying like u see above.
[i]1. First figure out which two wires you want to splice, cut the ONE wire from the bulkhead or connector that you are going to use as well as have the other wire that you intend to splice it too ready.
2. Grab some shrink sleeve but off about an inch in length and slip it over one of the wires.
3. Next get some wire strippers, strip off approximately a 1/2inch of the insulation from the tips of the 2 wires.
4. Then take bare wire at the ends that you stripped, IF its a bigger gage wire (14ga, 12ga, 10ga) fan out the wires evenly so they are flat, dont be afraid to fan them out pretty far. Do this to both wires and then interlock them and twist them together. Heres an example of fanning it out.
However if your working with a really small ga. (16ga, 18ga, etc) wire you can just twist them without fanning them out. Either way the end product will look the same as pic #3 below.
5. Now for soldering them, I take some flux on a pick or end of a screwdriver and spread alittle bit on top, then touch the bottom of the wires with a soldering iron or gun let it soak down thru the wires, next holding the iron or gun to the bottom of the wires touch the top of the wires with some solder and let it pull thru the wires just as the flux did. Turns out beautiful evertime with alittle practice.
6. And your justa bout all set, pull the shrink sleeve up to cover teh wires, take a lighter and give it alittle heat to make it conform to the joint and your good to go.
Happy Wiring,
Mike
Wiring can be as easy as you make it. Patience is the key! To properly splice a wire for your harness you must go pin by pin, wire by wire. It takes along time but do ONE AT A TIME.
As for soldering, you can do it like this which is the most common:
Or another way i like to do it is Interlocking them, not just overlaying like u see above.
[i]1. First figure out which two wires you want to splice, cut the ONE wire from the bulkhead or connector that you are going to use as well as have the other wire that you intend to splice it too ready.
2. Grab some shrink sleeve but off about an inch in length and slip it over one of the wires.
3. Next get some wire strippers, strip off approximately a 1/2inch of the insulation from the tips of the 2 wires.
4. Then take bare wire at the ends that you stripped, IF its a bigger gage wire (14ga, 12ga, 10ga) fan out the wires evenly so they are flat, dont be afraid to fan them out pretty far. Do this to both wires and then interlock them and twist them together. Heres an example of fanning it out.
However if your working with a really small ga. (16ga, 18ga, etc) wire you can just twist them without fanning them out. Either way the end product will look the same as pic #3 below.
5. Now for soldering them, I take some flux on a pick or end of a screwdriver and spread alittle bit on top, then touch the bottom of the wires with a soldering iron or gun let it soak down thru the wires, next holding the iron or gun to the bottom of the wires touch the top of the wires with some solder and let it pull thru the wires just as the flux did. Turns out beautiful evertime with alittle practice.
6. And your justa bout all set, pull the shrink sleeve up to cover teh wires, take a lighter and give it alittle heat to make it conform to the joint and your good to go.
Happy Wiring,
Mike
Last edited by SnkSknrZ28; 02-10-2008 at 01:24 PM.
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