Stereo & Electronics - Anyone here capable of/doing speaker repairs?
Intercooler2
05-20-2008, 01:49 PM
I have a set of $400 Focal CV-690 paper weight 6x9's I would like the one fixed if possible. It has a busted lead and needs attached to the frame again. Anyone here capable? See pics. Or if someone wants to make an offer the other one is good and I have the X-overs and all.
Intercooler2
05-20-2008, 01:55 PM
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YellowToy/A
05-20-2008, 06:39 PM
That looks like a quike fix just get a sloding iron and solder. Heat it up and put solder on it
Intercooler2
05-20-2008, 07:36 PM
That looks like a quike fix just get a sloding iron and solder. Heat it up and put solder on itYou mean where it is busted fuse the ends together with solder? Didn't know if it would take or work. Any idea if it will work as normal with some solder on there?
wssix99
05-21-2008, 09:56 AM
Here's a guy with a good write-up on solder splicing. You can do it, but the key is having overlap in the wires. (And not melting the stuff around your work with the iron.) The key is having overlap in the wires, so you'll need an extra piece to bridge the break.
http://jaguar.professional.org/electrics/splicing.php
There are mechanical splices, but I imagine they would weigh on the coil and impact the sound. (Soldering may even do the same.)
dragonrage
05-21-2008, 12:33 PM
Solder will be fine. Just make sure you've got something (like the "third hand" product) to hold the wires.
Snootch
05-21-2008, 05:40 PM
Those woven tinsel leads can be a bitch to solder. You really need to do 3 things:
1- Tin both sides to be connected- coat the wires on both ends with solder, Just enough to change the copper color of the leasd to silver at the ends, not a blob of solder.
2- You will need to use a heatsink (alligator clip with a wafer of metal attached to it) clipped to the side closest to the cone. This needs to be done so the heat from the soldering iron doesn't burn the voice coil or voice coil former.
3- Clean the copper wire well with alcohol before soldering, and use some rosin on it before tinning the wire. Otherwise the solder may not stick to the wire.
I have tried this a few times and it only worked one time. If you end up with a blob of solder on the connection it will slap against the cone causing a rattling sound and eventually fail. So remember with soldering, less solder is better!
dragonrage
05-21-2008, 06:48 PM
You can put some heat shrink over it after if you want