Soldering iron

peelaaa
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Re: Soldering iron

Post by peelaaa »

barryb5 wrote: Wed May 03, 2023 1:04 pm Hi folks,

I have a pair of the little Falcon speakers, unfortunately the couple of wires attaching the board to the terminals came loose. Is there anyone that wouldn't mind doing a quick solder job? I've no experience and fear messing up on first go. I'm based in south Dub but happy to come to yours of course. Thanks.
I could help here. Ill send on a PM
JAW
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Re: Soldering iron

Post by JAW »

Soldering speakers can be tricky. I had a pair of Tangent TM1's years ago which blew one of the Kef mid/bass units. I ordered a replacement from Peter Dand, (remember him?) and, like the idiot that I am, decided to upgrade the wiring from the crossover to the speakers in each cabinet, and to solder the cable at both the crossover and speaker terminals.
I completely forgot to use a clamp as a heat sink and burned out the speaker coils on both speakers. Straight back on to Peter Dand to order another pair once I figured out what I'd done.
rahman
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Re: Soldering iron

Post by rahman »

Here's a video from Bottlehead that i found particularly helpful:

Cheers,
Adrian
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