A solder seal butt connector for 10-12 gauge wire. Solder seal butt connectors are made of a clear, heat shrink tube, with a low temperature solder ring in the middle.

I’ve used a Weller soldering gun in the past for this purpose – being cheap, I would use #12 or #14 solid copper wire salvaged from [USA] household wiring projects for the tip, instead of the ...

For a wago connector, you have a flat blade that’s bent on the wire, and it’s is 2mm to 3mm long on half the surface of the wire (so the contact area is 3mm*2.5mm = 7.5mm2 or 50% of the total ...

In practice these soldering joints aren’t quite so magical, but they are pretty darn close. I’ve run into problems with the big sizes (10-12 AWG) and the smallest sizes (24-26 AWG). With the ...

Crafting a soldering iron from copper is a practical and effective DIY solution! Using expert techniques, a simple tool can be created with a lighter, a pen, and copper wire. This method works for ...

Hirose Electric introduced a narrow 1 mm pitch, board-to-wire connector that significantly reduces the required PC board mounting area. A narrow 1 mm pitch, board-to-wire connector from Hirose ...

Just heat up the wire for a few seconds and you should be able to melt solder with ease. You might want to consider adding some kind of insulation between the copper wire and the lighter’s ...