argh!
 

has anyone else had the problem of things getting unsoldered reeeally easy? my battery holders both need to be resoldered, even though i was pret carefull with them. its really annoying..

hmmmmm
 

The solder joints I made between the cut battery wire and the battery holder have NEVER broke. The ones that the manufacturer did on the car HAVE ALL BROKE. Just goes to show that 10 year olds kids in Taiwan can't solder worth spit.

i wonde rif my shop teacher might letme stay afta skoo to use their soldering irons... or do they make low heat solder and irons?

RS has 20/40 watt ones for about $22 theres a switch for 20 or 40 watt

I've lost count on how many solder joints have broken, I'd say about 15.

Re: hmmmmm
 

I resoldered everything after one of the batt wires came out, and now i do the same to the new xmods i get....

LMAO!!!

thanks aperson. does anyone here know the difference betwen the pen type irons and the gun ones besides the shape?

The gun ones have a trigger...you press the trigger to heat it up. The guns take less time to heat up. A gun cost more too. The pen irons are sufficent for me (I've got a 25 watt).

I must be lucky. I have 3 xmods and so far I have only soldered one ant. wire and two motor capacitors back on. I have had them since early December and they are used hard!

i just got a soldering gun and re-soldered everything

I carry my solder station with me every race night, and there hasn't been a single night that we haven't needed to use it at least once...

i have broken two solder joints for the batts. No biggy it was a 5 min fix.

I've heard alot about solder stations. What all do the consist of? Whats the price range on one and where can you get one?
Thanks!

actually, i notices that multi stranded wire tends to come unsoldered faster then single strand, since single strand is kinda springie ya know?

but single strand breaks easier if you move it too much. that stuff is used usually in house wiring.