soldering a wire to a nickel plated terminal
soldering a wire to a nickel plated terminal
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Hello,
We are having solder flow problems on a nickel plated battery terminal. Using flux is not helping until the terminal is heated a lot. This takes a lot of time, with not very nice solder results. Any ideas on how to pre-clean will be appreciated.
Thanks,
Alfonso Del Toro
CHAD Therapeutics.
We are having solder flow problems on a nickel plated battery terminal. Using flux is not helping until the terminal is heated a lot. This takes a lot of time, with not very nice solder results. Any ideas on how to pre-clean will be appreciated.
Thanks,
Alfonso Del Toro
CHAD Therapeutics.





RE: soldering a wire to a nickel plated terminal
RE: soldering a wire to a nickel plated terminal
I would check with the nickel plater and see if he is putting any seal/coating on the nickel plate. I don’t think this would be a problem on a battery terminal, though stranger things have happened..
Check with the solder vendor and see what his recommendations are for your particular application. Ask for a complete package, flux, solder, cleaner.
Also there is some technique involved if the parts have different heat sinks.
One thing that I’ve seen is the iron doesn’t have the wattage necessary for the job.
RE: soldering a wire to a nickel plated terminal
www.johnsonmfg.com/temp/J35TX.htm
www.indium.com/application_notes/97774.pdf
RE: soldering a wire to a nickel plated terminal
contact your solder supplier. there are non-corrosive fluxes available for your purpose. for example
http://www.kester.com/faq_solderability.html
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RE: soldering a wire to a nickel plated terminal
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