You may be better off using one of the small pencil type propane torches to get
the work hot enough for the solder to fully penetrate the wire. I made cables
to relocate the battery to the bed of a truck one time and this is what did the
best job.
Kyle Kozubal wrote:
> I have soldered many many items in my life, both with my Weller 'pencil'
> style solder gun and with my Craftsman 'gun-trigger' style gun. The pencil
> style is rated at 25 wattts while the gun-trigger style is rated at upto 200
> watts(adjustable from 100-200watts); the pencil soldering gun I only use on
> small jobs and thin wires and of course the beast I use on thick
> wires/cables. How thick of wire can I effectively solder, one which will
> product a quality solder?? I need to solder a 2 ring 'lugs'/terminals onto
> 4-6gauge stranded wire(truck's main battery cables, pos/neg)and just curious
> how will it turn out? I will, of course, only be using the larger Craftsman
> soldering gun. Any info, help, or suggestions are greatly appreciated as I
> would like to get the new military style battery cable 'clamps' on this next
> weekend. THANKS!!!
> Kyle
> 93 Dakota 4x4 V6
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