Re: Soldering and RCAs

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In Reply to: Soldering and RCAs posted by Dawnrazor on February 17, 2007 at 16:04:47:

Everyone has their own way to solder, but the way I learned how to terminate RCA plugs is by tinning the lead, then heating up the RCA plug's solder point while simultaneously heating the cable lead and applying a very small amount of solder (use a non-sputtering solder).
RCA solder-point terminations are high stress points. Make you do a good job in connecting it. When plugged in, the cable hangs off the back end of your components and can put a lot of strain on that solder point. Most RCA plug manufacturers have some type of strain relief or clamping mechanism (either with a screw or a crimp) that clamps the RCA plug housing to the outside of the IC jacket. This alleviates strain on the solder point.
Tinker around with it and let us know how it goes. Post pics too!

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Topic - Soldering and RCAs - Dawnrazor 16:04:47 02/17/07 (9)

Thanks - Dawnrazor 19:32:42 02/17/07 (5)

Beware of mechanical joints. - Al Sekela 11:01:44 02/18/07 (4)

Re: Beware of mechanical joints. - Dawnrazor 11:36:30 02/18/07 (3)

Vampire XCB's - Cpk 17:51:01 02/18/07 (2)

Re: Vampire XCB's - Dawnrazor 22:24:19 02/18/07 (1)

Re: Vampire XCB's - Cpk 06:20:49 02/19/07 (0)

Re: Soldering and RCAs - MJR 16:37:03 02/17/07 (0)

No, not really - grailer 16:35:45 02/17/07 (1)

Re: No, not really - MJR 16:41:55 02/17/07 (0)

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Re: Soldering and RCAs - MJR 16:37:03 02/17/07 (0)

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