What is the best way to solder braided cables onto couplers?
The method we like to use is as follows. First, make sure your soldering iron is very hot, a 100 watt iron will probably not get hot enough. Then, pre-solder the cable so that the end is totally silver, but not saturated with solder. Make sure to use a fair amount of paste flux. Then, put a small amount of solder in the bottom of the coupler. Once both pieces are ready, cover the end of the cable in flux and place it in the coupler. Then, heat the coupler until the solder becomes fluid and place a small amount of solder on the rim of the coupler. Using this method does make both pieces very hot, so you will want to hold the parts with pliers until they are cool enough to touch.
