Soldering question- wires

[jkiker]

Hi all,

I am running wire in my Y-wing project and a friend of mine has offered to solder the connections. I had him do a couple of connections for the main power, hooking up half of the power plug set. He ran the wires through the mounts, twisted the wire together, applied heat and ran the solder into place.

Here is my question- I have read that solder connections need to have flux paste applied to the soldering area, then proceed with soldering. I am using multistrand copper wire, removing the sheath just prior to soldering. If no flux is used for these joins, is that a bad thing that will cause problems, or is it OK for this application?

Thanks in advance for any light you can shed.

Cheers, Jim

[Kylwell]

They're fine. Flux is used to clean and help the solder find a place to go. I've soldered hundreds, if not thousands, of wires w/o any flux & they work fine.

[jkiker]

Thank you for the speedy and comforting response!

Cheers, Jim

[Redgriffin]

I think that you will find that solder today comes with the flux already in it.

[Kylwell]

Not all of it, and not even most of it.