Help with soldering a speaker connection

[Mike D]

I had a mono/stereo jack plate installed on my new Mojotone 4x12 and planned on wiring with cabinet with Kimber Kable 4VS wire with faston connectors. Everything was going fine until I realized that the faston clips are too small for the lugs on the jack plate (the wires that come with it have wider connectors). I still prefer to use the Kimber Kable I have (as opposed to the wire that came with the jack plate) and assume that manipulating the faston clips in some way to get them to fit would not be a great idea. I'm considering removing the faston clips on one end just to solder them to the jack plate connections. Is there a particular wattage iron I should use for this purpose? I really won't be using it for anything else. The Kimber Kable has an aggregate wire size of 13awg. Here is the jack plate: http://www.mojotone.com/amp-parts/Ja...ate-Double-1-4

Thanks!

[gordon_39422]

Re: Help with soldering a speaker connection

A 40-50watt iron will work fine. Anything larger and you're emmitting a rather large EMF that could de-Gauss the speaker's magnet.

[Mike D]

Re: Help with soldering a speaker connection

OK. I'm not really concerned with the speaker itself because the only part I will be soldering is the wire connected to the jack terminals; the speakers will still be connected with the faston clips. However, I don't want to risk damaging the circuit board the terminals are connected to. I don't want to use anything powerful enough to possibly damage that, while still using something powerful enough to make a good connection between the 13 gauge wire and the terminals.

[trevorus]

Re: Help with soldering a speaker connection

A 40-50watt iron will work fine. Anything larger and you're emmitting a rather large EMF that could de-Gauss the speaker's magnet.

Unless it's alnico, I doubt you'll have a real problem with that.

As far as the iron, hotter is usually better, because it heats fast, solders fast, so you're not heating other components. I don't think you'll have an issue, honestly.

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