Rant warning, need to fill some time while im charging my 5000mAh batt...
I finally received my last pieces for my TREX 600 ESP, some EC5 connectors.
(i was very unsure what connectors i should use, the batts from HK had 5.5 mm bullets (wich were impossible to find in norway, and i Truly hate soldering Deans (and they are kinda low rating anyways), so i fell down on EC5's.)
I've always liked soldering bullets, easypeasy, just pretin the wire and the bullet, then fill up the bullet and let it melt
however this turned out not beeing so easy with the 8AWG wire on the batt. Simply too much metal for my 48W soldering station. So i brought out the "big guns", a 100W soldering "pistol". Soon got into trouble trying to heat the bullet and the wire at the same time even with the gun.. Well time solves everything so i kept heating...
Suddenly my workspace was filled with magic smoke from the pistol. after checking the manual, i'm only allowed to have it on for 10seconds at a time, then a 46 seconds break....
Well, I was to close to completing the build to give up, so a butane soldering pen, that i never quite managed to get to work before was what i turned too..
First challenge,, how the he** do i fill it? It keeps going empty after 5 secs..,, after much cussing, i end up reading on the can,, "turn it upside down", ahhhhh
Turns out the pen is real good for this work, heats a bullet in about 3 seconds, turns the solder on fire in 5..
Some quick experiments, and i'm ready to go Figure out i need to refill it first, manages to overfill it so it is spewing out gas in the rear,, well well, I am really close to finished now, so i went ahead anyways, needed to watch the flame though, as it kept growing as gas percentage increased in the room..
Anyways,, with the pen it was quick work,, just try not to set anything on fire, like insulation, workbench, solder??? or yourself..
Another tip,, wear some good gloves thats not rubber coated,,, everything melts...
Well gotta go