Soldering help.....

[papersoul]

Hi all,

I was hoping to ask a few things regarding soldering. I have some new pickups going into a PRS which has the one tone pot and DPDT switch, the 3 way pot, and volume pot. I was told there are three ways I can solder the ground wires of the pickups. I could run them together to the center lug of the 3 way switch, I could extend another wire from the grounds to the volume pot casing, or just strip away more of the outer black casing wire(which surrounds all the wires) and run the grounds to the volume pot while running the lead wires to the 3 way switch. My whole dilemma is really that the hot leads and ground wires need to go to opposite ends of the cavity.

I wasn’t sure if it was okay to have about 3-4” of that outer wire casing striped away – not the casing on the individual wires.

Finally, is it okay to ground multiple ground wires to the same spot on the pot casing?

Thanks!!!!!!!!!!

 

[JacksonMIA]

Re: Soldering help.....

You should be fine. Just be sure you don't get the pot too hot when you're soldering. It can kill your pot pretty quick.

 

[psy]

Re: Soldering help.....

You should be fine. Just be sure you don't get the pot too hot when you're soldering. It can kill your pot pretty quick.

that's the reason why I don't use the pot, but attach a small screw in the cavity which I ground.
still don't understand how to produce enough heat to solder several wires in few seconds

 

[Jag513]

Re: Soldering help.....

I normally ground to the back of the pot I'm soldering the hot to (I also solder to the pot and not the switch). This means I end up having only one ground on each pot, but you can solder multiple.