Hi guys
today I would like to explain to you guys how to cut,
solder and reseal your waterproof strips.
So I have here two seperate,
different LED Strips
with 2 different IP Ratings.
I'm going to show you two different techniques
on how to cut, and solder and reseal them.
So let's start with this one first.
This is an IP 67 LED Strip
and what I want to do is, I want to cut it right in the middle.
And I'm going to solder it and reseal it for you guys.
So first of all, I'm going to take my scissors
and you want to make sure that you cut
right in the middle
of the two connections.
Once you cut it,
right in the middle
there you go
you'll be able to see that the strip
it's going to have some additional
silicone sleeve on the outside.
What you want to do, is you want to take some small
cutters and make sure you cut that around
so it leaves you room to
solder with the soldering kit.
ok
alright
You're going to do the same thing with the other side.
You've got to be careful of not cutting the actual strip.
Because otherwise you won't be able to solder it.
So now we have both strips cut.
And the silicone sleeves cut
to the specific place
So we can solder it.
So next what you want to do is,
you want to hold them down with something heavy.
And what you're going to do is, you're going to apply a small
part of soldering
right in the connectors.
you're just going to solder a little
a little ball in each connector.
Now this is an RGB Strip remember.
So it's going to have about four connectors on it.
And now that you have this,
what you want to do is you want to align them
and hold them together.
Before soldering, what you want to do,
is you want to take a little piece of heat shrink.
This is a half an inch clear heat shrink.
you want to cut it to the specific length
that you're going to want to put.
Cut a little bit more
because remember the heat shrink will shrink
about 2 to 1 of its ratio.
And then you want to put it inside
of one of the ends.
Now since this is going to be getting hot,
you want to move it out of the way so
you don't accidentally shrink it with the
soldering iron before using it.
so now that you have it,
you want to make sure it's stable.
And hold it together.
And now you're going to start soldering.
so you want to make sure that you solder each one
with the other.
So as you can see, all the four connectors are soldered togeter.
Now what you want to do is, you want to pull over your silicone sleeve on top of it
And then
you're going to use a heat gun to shrink it down.
ok guys, and that's about it.
this is a technique you can use whenever you want to cut strips
and then solder back another strip or stuff like that. You know
if you want to connect different strips.
Thank you guys for watching.
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solder and reseal the IP 68 one.
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