Never done this before, just a few questions that weren't covered very in depth on the YouTube tutorials.
a) Does it matter how much plastic was melted away before making the connections? My soldering iron is a piece of junk and only has a really pointy end on it, which made it hard to melt the plastic away. So I did scrape some away, to the point where I could see a little bit of copper, but I didn't manage to expose the metal strip entirely.
b) Does the entire connection have to be covered with solder? I just noticed on the end of one of them, there's a tiny bit of the copper wire from the extension cord peeking out. Should I plug it back in and cover that up?
c) How do my connections look? Obviously I had a couple oopsie doopsie's where I got too close with the soldering iron. Is it okay that some solder overflows over the silver strip and onto the plastic?
d) I forget, on 11" flexwatt, can I ONLY cut it in 1 foot increments, or can I cut through the black elements, as long as they are insulated w/ electrical tape?
I haven't tested it out yet, I'm scared to plug it in. I'm a wuss.
Reply With Quote