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[deucesdown]

Anyone ever tried these?
https://a.aliexpress.com/epTHHxiC

They work quite well. I think even the cheapest ones are okay.

[kook]

i’ve used these extensively for “field” installation and repair… for in the shop, original construction, I personally prefer traditional solder and heatshrink.

[glyphiks]

though I don’t recommend soldering while drunk.

Dammit… gonna need to outsource all my soldering work

Edit: can I still build batteries?

[PixelatedPolyeurthan]

Elephant is you the stick is the battery

[glyphiks]

nailed it

[PixelatedPolyeurthan]

With @nske permission, here is a list of things a beginner *may do

*will absolutley do but i don’t want to discourage you

Please try and avoid doing the below

@glyphiks

There are people trying to build esk8s that don’t know how to solder!?

@nske

hehe, you would despair if you knew what sort of people exist out there. Namely, people like me

Here’s a summary of my first bullet connector soldering work:

• Deliberating briefly on the purpose of the side holes, then shrugging my shoulders and confidently routing the wires through them
• Putting just a little blob of solder as you would on electronics
• Burning my fingers while holding the connector and trying to shove the tip of the iron in its cavity in quick bursts, to make that damn blob bond with it before it became too hot. Multiple times.
• Deciding that I better use long-nose pliers to hold it, still doing finger acrobatics to manoeuvre the iron and solder wire with one hand
• Then burning my thighs and neighbouring areas, dropping the burning bullet on them. Multiple times.
• Dancing in agony every time to exorcise the flaming demon from my flesh -and then rushing to find and pick it up before it burned a hole in the carpet
• Patting myself in the back proudly when 1 hour later the shrink sleeves seemed to hold the bulging monstrosities tightly
• Wondering whether they were supposed to be looking like that and shrugging my shoulders again 2 seconds later
• Shorting two of the wires when they broke loose a couple of miles later
• Vowing to never solder bullet connectors again
• Watching a 40 second video in youtube to see how come not everybody complains about these cursed things
• Slapping my head hard. Multiple times.
• Lying in fetal position with my head under the pillow, consoling myself that at least nobody knew what I had done.

Yep, we’re out there

Also

@PixelatedPolyeurthan

With how big the whole community is, I am sure someone would volunteer to do this 5min job.
I even bet old Bob down the road would do it if you got him a beer (@glyphiks can confirm)
Anyway this would save some on the vesc and for the manufacturing and for Jeff

@glyphiks

Can confirm. Will solder for beer.

You are never alone, just give a shout out

[Tyler93245]

Pro tips:
-remember to unscrew your fire alarm from your dorm room before you start (whoops)

-if you fuck up and make a big solder ball, you can always use electrical tape instead of the heatshrink you had on that wire

-lead based solder smells better

[Mainflow]

@Tyler93245

big solder ball

Just unsolder it, heat it up again and grab it with pliers and shake it a bit. Then something wonderful will happen.

[Fosterqc]

@nske

how come not everybody complains about these cursed things

I tried a single time with my ts100, then went out in search of a soldering station.

[Movation]

I can do 5.5mm with my ts100 with the chunky end but I have a 150 watt gun that makes short work of connector soldering just make sure you use a heat sink block the only useful thing I ever learn from Pavels videos.

[PixelatedPolyeurthan]

@Movation

the only useful thing I ever learn from Pavels videos.

[Movation]

Only useful video, not the 3000 videos he did on the trampa wand. No one cares for your $300 remote,you estonian hipster /rant> sorry bill

[Darkie02]

@Movation

Only useful video

DO NOT wire wool your tip or use a stanly blade to clean you tips. this will destroy the coating on your tip

use copper cleaning pads and a wet sponge

DO NOT cut the insulation all the way thro you will damage the inner corse making a weak spot

you want to cut it 95% of the way thro and then brake the last part

DO NOT use a wire brush same reason you don’t use wire wool

only use flu suitable for electrical connections other flux has abrasive chemicals that will decrease the quality of your connection over time

Tin your soldering iron before and after every use

only got 1/2 way thro and I can’t watch any more he has the correct tools on the table and not using them

[Silverline]

+1

That video is wrong in so many ways

[deucesdown]

I was like, everyone uses different connectors, and every board seems to need custom everything, but…

There’s one magic trick I cannot master, and that is soldering 10awg into 3.5mm bullets or xt60/mr60. Maybe presoldered mr60 wouln’t be bad…

[Mainflow]

@deucesdown

xt60

Done.

[glyphiks]

Have you tried cutting a side out of the connector?

[deucesdown]

You know, “master” as in perfect every time with comfort, vs my skill level with this, which is cursing and redoing many times but gething some abominable thing in the end half the time.

@glyphiks

cutting a side out of the connector

Aren’t all xt60/mr60 half cut out already? But one side has a tunnel that makes things difficult?

[Mainflow]

I meant the full gauge wire onto a XT60.

[Darkie02]

@deucesdown

soldering 10awg into 3.5mm bullets

Simple the cable is too big AWG 10 is the largest size I can get in to a XT90 constantly first time. AWG8 I can get in but it’s has no tolerance if the ends flare out the tiniest amount.

XT90 is spec for up to AWG10

MR60 3.5mm is spec for AWG12