That solder iron is there for way too long.. use a good solder iron with high watt or you're gonna fry the internal components. Flux helps with melting the lead faster.. Great info btw.
Hello, Thanks for the video. I have a castle XLX ESC it comes with cap packs already. I bout I kill mode cap pack thatis want to solder. My question is do I remove the cap packs that came with esc or just solder the wires?
You had your soldering iron on that 10ga wire for over 5 1/2 minutes...to the point that you burnt yourself on the bullet connector that was 6" away.......... How did you NOT damage that ESC ???? You HAD to have damaged it.
RC newbs watching this, get a Hakko or another good brand iron and use a thick tip on large AWG wire like this. 700 degress, on and off in about 8 seconds. You don't want to be on the wire this long. . . it can damage the ESC and makes your wire very brittle.
Nice job fitting the wire. I hope you didn’t damage your esc with all the heat that was applied. Need a chisel tip on the soldering iron and also heat the wire and cap connectors at the same time, then add the solder. Just sayin.....
And no shrink tube? I rather have a short wire coming out from the battery wire then only goes to the cap pack..with that I can insert a larger shrink tube for the joint..
Too small of an iron, and you "tin" the wire not "tint" the wire... And the purpose of a cap pack is to help to alleviate ripple voltage, when using long wires, as this can damage the capacitors in the ESC and the ESC itself.
I would, and do use a quality 275 Watt Soldering Gun for Wires like those... I'm able to get a very high, 900 Degree Flash Heat from the more powerful Gun. With it, I could hold the *tinned* Wire on the Tab, and melt the whole joint, in LESS than 5-10 Seconds.... You NEED that ability. Holding heat on that, for THAT LONG, can certainly overheat and Damage one or more Caps. Even more likely, could permanently damage your ESC! Look, you did a great job on the Video itself! Clear, concise, decent lighting... For the sake of the N00BS who will find this in a search - I would redo it, with a MUCH Hotter Iron, for a Far shorter time. The Iron you used, looks perfect for Servo Wires, small Plugs, and LEDs. Not for ANY 8ga to 12ga Wires, and certainly not near sensitive and Expensive Components! I didn't put this as an OP Comment. I'm not looking to put you down or embarrass you. You were trying to share a very helpful Video Tutorial, and that's great! I'm just being helpful.....
