SUPER frustration...

Someone please tell me that I'm not alone in having ruined a few feet of heat tape in first attempts to solder/wire it?? It's turning out to be more tricky than I first thought. I even burnt the tip of my finger, UGH!

Why are you soldering, the clamps work fine,sorry for the burn hope it's not tooo bad

how did you ruin it? I solder all my connections and I have never had a problem..

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Originally Posted by Kaorte

how did you ruin it? I solder all my connections and I have never had a problem..

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We can't all be MacGuiver on our first attempts at picking up a soldering iron! ;)

well obviously, but I just don't see how you could ruin it. If you mess up on the edge, just cut it off and try again on a fresh bit. You don't need to scrap the whole strip.

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Originally Posted by Kaorte

well obviously, but I just don't see how you could ruin it. If you mess up on the edge, just cut it off and try again on a fresh bit. You don't need to scrap the whole strip.

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s'pose I'm just retarded

There are some vids on you-tube that may help, sorry that you are having so much trouble