[AT] Soldering battery cable

[Ed Stewart]

Take it apart dip the wire in some paste flux and also put some in the 
hole of the lug where the wire plugs in and reheat it and the solder 
will flow in. You may have to clean what the heat did in your first 
trial. Ed

Dean Vinson wrote:
> I'm trying to make a new main battery cable for the M.  Got some 2/0 copper
> cable and some heavy-duty lugs, which are tinned with something so they look
> kind of silvery rather than copper.  Can I solder these together?
>
> I've got one end dry-fitted together, no flux, and tried to carefully heat
> it with a propane torch until it'd melt some standard rosin-core electrical
> solder.  Doesn't seem like the solder wants to flow, even into the copper
> strands, just beads up, so I'm afraid I'm making it too hot or I don't have
> the right materials or something.  Figured I'd better ask for advice before
> I screw this up.  Any help?  Should I use flux?  Take it to an electric
> shop?
>
> Dean Vinson
> Dayton, Ohio
> www.vinsonfarm.net
>
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