one of those 5 minute jobs that turn out taking forever

footpump

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Mar 19, 2014
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hi all yesterday I decide its time to get my wattmeter sorted, by adding a male/female xt60- to the bare wires of wattmeter which are 12g and make up a lead using a xt90.
having had a bit of a job to solder a xt60 in the past I have a 100w soldering iron/helping hand /solder etc,

prior to soldering I watch a you tube vid on soldering xt.s took the guy abouit 5 seconds to tin a wire another , 5 seconds to solder an xt.

I started first xt ok ,second xt could not get the wire to tin properly it seemed to absorb solder, and looked like a steelhawser, so trimmed wire back a bit ,but still same result.

in the end had no wire to play with and resorted to changing both leads on the wattmeter (14g)

next job fit 3 pin jst sm male to female r/b/w on kt 17 amp controller, solder the very fiddly wires to pins and inserted into jst but 2 wires came adrift.
so cut of jst and soldered the wires,

all in all loads of time and burnt myself 3 times while solderingDSCF1662.JPG DSCF1662.JPG