joehalford01
'Vette brake specialist!
I'm working on hardwiring a phone charger into my corvette so that i can keep a phone hidden in it for gps tracking only. I've never soldered before or done any fine electrical work. I picked up a weller soldering gun for 15 bucks and a thing of fine electronics solder for $4 last night at osh. I have a couple questions.
1. It says in the instructions to avoid too much solder as it may cause a short. are they saying in the case of a circuit board, etc. too much solder may end up bridgeing two connections you don't want to bridge? or does too much solder on one connection cause a short? I don't want to set my car on fire.
2. What are all the diffrences in solder? I noticed that they are clearly labeled for the application but there are 2-3 diffrent alloy combinations for each application. I purchased 63/47 as it was right in the middle, don't know if that's right.
3. I also purchased a painless disconnect switch for the vette, i was thinking about soldering the copper lugs onto the positive cable instead of just crimping them. Any recommendations on solder? Do i just melt some in there on each side of the cable?
4. This one's a little out there.....does hot glue affect a circuit board? I took the circuit board out of a car phone charger and put it into a plastic electrical box which when i'm all done i will pretty up. I used some hot glue on the back to hold it in place. Was this a bad idea?
Thanks for all the help guys!
1. It says in the instructions to avoid too much solder as it may cause a short. are they saying in the case of a circuit board, etc. too much solder may end up bridgeing two connections you don't want to bridge? or does too much solder on one connection cause a short? I don't want to set my car on fire.
2. What are all the diffrences in solder? I noticed that they are clearly labeled for the application but there are 2-3 diffrent alloy combinations for each application. I purchased 63/47 as it was right in the middle, don't know if that's right.
3. I also purchased a painless disconnect switch for the vette, i was thinking about soldering the copper lugs onto the positive cable instead of just crimping them. Any recommendations on solder? Do i just melt some in there on each side of the cable?
4. This one's a little out there.....does hot glue affect a circuit board? I took the circuit board out of a car phone charger and put it into a plastic electrical box which when i'm all done i will pretty up. I used some hot glue on the back to hold it in place. Was this a bad idea?
Thanks for all the help guys!