Soldering Practice Tasks

Task 1

For the first task, you will need to identify two parts:
a. Length of Wire.
b. Electrical tools.
Task Process:
1. Identify the wire cutters (side cutters) and wire strippers.

2. Find the centre of your wire, cut it in half with the wire cutters, then strip both ends of each piece of wire using the wire strippers.
3. Twist the ends of the wire together so they don’t come apart.
4. Use the Soldering Iron to connect the wires together permanently using the four steps of soldering and following the safety rules.

Repeat the above process until you feel confident

with your soldering.

Task 2

For this task, you will need to identify three Electronic Components in addition to the tools used in task 1:
1. Battery Strap.
2. An LED (Light Emitting Diode).
3. A Fixed Resistor (why do you think we need a Fixed Resistor?).

Task Process:
A. Cut your Battery strap to a reasonable length (approximately 70mm) and strip eachof the wires using your Wire Strippers:

B. Attach and Solder the RED wire to the LONG leg of the LED (Why do you think we use the red wire and the long leg?):

C. Attach and solder the Resistor to the BLACK wire and the SHORT leg of the LED:

D. Cut the Excess Wire using Side Cutters to neaten the Circuit:

E. Attach a 9V Battery and test the circuit:

You might wish to practice using use some crocodile clip leads and a Digital Multimeter to test the voltage through different parts of your circuit.

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