I'm thinking of trying to fix a headphone cable by soldering (Sennheiser HD-205, if it matters; it's a fairly thin cable). My main worry is the insulation around the individual wires in the cable, which makes recreating a connection difficult at best. Does anyone with experience in fixing headphone cables know of a good way to remove this insulation or connect the wires in spite of it? I'm not really sure of what to do with it.
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Fixing a Headphone Cable--Wire Insulation
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12/23/09 at 5:30pm
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I've fixed these things before. You can get a wire stripper at a hardware store and stripe the plastic off. Buy some heat shrink as well. For wires, solder helping hands helps a lot.
In general you want to strip the cable, put on heat shrink, solder your cable, then heat up your heat shrink to cover up the area.
I've fixed these things before. You can get a wire stripper at a hardware store and stripe the plastic off. Buy some heat shrink as well. For wires, solder helping hands helps a lot.
In general you want to strip the cable, put on heat shrink, solder your cable, then heat up your heat shrink to cover up the area.
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12/23/09 at 5:55pm
Headphone wire have enamel on it. The best way to remove this is to use a hot soldering iron with a blob of solder on the tip. It will burn off the enamel and tin the wire.
I have a cheap 15w iron from radioshack and it doesn't get hot enough. I have a 45w RS desolder pump and that works well.
I have a cheap 15w iron from radioshack and it doesn't get hot enough. I have a 45w RS desolder pump and that works well.
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Basically imagine taking a thin headphone cable and, after 10 or so unsuccessful attempts, cutting through it with a scissors. (Our cats apparently still chew cords) It is enamel, so a wire stripper won't work--much too thin/attached to the wires. I didn't know you could burn through the enamel--so I apply some hot solder, then pump it all off? I'll probably wait until sometime after Christmas to get the materials, so I'd like to know what I'll need.
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