 To solder or not to solder banana plugs
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I purchased the solder type banana plugs from MonoPrice.com. Is there any benefit to soldering banana plugs? Ironically enough, the only instructions they give on their website is how to connect "solder type" banana plugs without soldering.
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Well, if you solder well, you can be sure of a good connection. If you don't, it's probably not a good thing.
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I have the same banana plugs, they are actually very popular as a screw on type...thats the only way I have been using them, put the wire through, bend a bit over the edge, screw on the top...
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Only attempt to solder them if you have a soldering gun. with 100 watts or more of power. Otherwise your just going to be wasting your time. If you plan on keeping the plugs on that wire forever. I personally would solder them.
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Only attempt to solder them if you have a soldering gun. with 100 watts or more of power. Otherwise your just going to be wasting your time. Why?
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With anything less trying to solder with that much mass it will never get hot enough to flow the solder. Except right where you have the tip of your iron.
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Sorta like sweating copper pipes with a bic lighter.....
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With anything less trying to solder with that much mass it will never get hot enough to flow the solder. Except right where you have the tip of your iron. It does slowly heat up the wire enough to smoke and melt back the insulation, though... making it frustrating AND stinky. Bren R.
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I asked because I've never had a problem with my 40W iron.
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Any ideas where I can find instructions on how to solder banana plugs? I looked on MonoPrice.com but couldn't find anything.
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