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Soldering Help

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Hi.I'm rewiring my Ps1p's controller,using the instructions from Ben's book,and i'm having a very hard time.The solder keeps sliding onto different pins.Does anyone have any tips on how to do this right? :(
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Post by Kurt_ »

Tin the wire you're soldering.
Use flux on the wire.
Use less solder (A big glob of sodler tends to melt onto several pins)
Gt a smaller soldering tip.
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Tin the wire? :?
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coat it in solder before wiring it to the pin. read Ben's intro on soldering and stuff :). I think tinning's in there...
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