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- Cut the tinned ends of the cables down to about 2mm. | - Cut the tinned ends of the cables down to about 2mm. | ||
- Put a little solder to the tip of your soldering iron. | - Put a little solder to the tip of your soldering iron. | ||
- | - Place a tinned end of one cables | + | - Place one tinned end of one cable next to one pin of the LED and hold the soldering iron's tip to them for about half a second. This should create a nice solder joint. |
- | - Do the same for the 2nd cable. | + | - Do the same for the 2nd cable and the other pin of the LED. |
- Get about 10mm of heat shrink tube and place it over the soldering area. | - Get about 10mm of heat shrink tube and place it over the soldering area. | ||
- Heat the tube shortly and carefully with the flame of a pocket lighter. It shrinks and should isolate the soldering area afterwards. | - Heat the tube shortly and carefully with the flame of a pocket lighter. It shrinks and should isolate the soldering area afterwards. |
led_soldering.1424550533.txt.gz · Last modified: 2015/02/21 21:28 by breaker27