Soldering Banana Plugs

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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,795
    edited September 2009
    F1nut wrote: »
    Dude, you are making a much bigger deal out of this than you have a right to. Either solder or screw the effing wires, your choice. It's not rocket science.
    Have a right to? He has a right to ask any question he wishes. If were a simple case of rights to do anything, I would have been shot off this forum a long time ago.






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  • ShinAce
    ShinAce Posts: 1,194
    edited September 2009
    You can reheat solder, but there's a crystallization issue. Reheating existing solder without adding fresh solder is a no-no. Reheating and adding fresh solder is cool.

    So, you're good to go no matter what you do.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 51,227
    edited September 2009
    lightman1 wrote: »
    I would have been shot off this forum a long time ago.

    Now, there's an idea.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • FittyFieFo
    FittyFieFo Posts: 482
    edited September 2009
    lightman1 wrote: »
    Cool. Cut of the soldered ends of your cables and strip back the insulation to the required length for the nanners. Re-twist each bare conductor of the speaker cable. Check the fit of new conductor to the connector. A little room to wiggle is OK. Heat the fresh conductor up until you get the solder to soak into the bare wire. Put on a baking rack until cool to the touch(kidding):D
    Depnding on the heat range of the NAK connector, put that much plus a little more to it while placing the "tinned" end of the wire on the solder point while placing the end of the solder itself next to it while applying heat. When the tinned end and the solder element start to melt(meld) to the connection point. Immediately remove heat from both. If you do not see any syrupy residue, you will have made a di-electrically sound connection.
    Hope this helps.
    And if you tell ANYBODY here I discussed anything audio related or offered any help to anyone...I will deny it with impunity.
    Dig it?


    Thanks for your help lightman :p.

    I'll take that into consideration. I'm going to try and use the existing solder and not replace it with the new solder I have coming in. But those steps you listed, I will definitely follow.

    Thanks to everyone who put their input. :)
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,795
    edited September 2009
    F1nut wrote: »
    Now, there's an idea.
    I love you too, Jesse.
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