Does anyone have suggestions for soldering a wire onto a thin metal sheet?
I tried soldering directly by placing the wire and adding some solder over it, but the wire keeps on getting separated from the metallic sheet.
I thought about putting a hole and putting a screw through or something similar, But the metallic part that I want to solder onto, is just a thin metal strip on a large sheet.
Any suggestions?
Electronic – Soldering a wire onto a metal sheet
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You may use an new IDE connector and attach it on the ribbon cable (I'm supposing they are using the standard size of wires). This way you can create a derivation without damaging the cable.
Another good practice is to use a buffer for all the pins. I know its a bit costly but otherwise the input impedance could cause interference in the system.
I've done it, and it is far messier than wire solder, with negligible advantages.
Basically, through hole soldering requires a lot more solder then surface mount. Therefore, you wind up building huge mounds of solderpaste on every component hole, which then gets pushed around as the rosin in the paste boils off during soldering.
The end result is solderpaste/solderballs all over your PCB, with little of it where you want, on the component leads.
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Best Answer
It sounds like the solder isn't wetting the sheet. Application of a small amount of flux in order to clean the sheet should do it.