Soldering on the electrical wire

Step 5: Soldering on the electrical wire

If you are using twin wire, part the wires and cut one slightly shorter so that they line up with the two copper contacts on your EL wire. Strip back 2mm of coating (wire strippers work fine for this!!). It's always a good idea to 'tin' the electrical wire before trying to solder it to the EL wire.

This step is where the heatsink is really useful! The heatsink that I am using (AMD stock heatsink) has a gap in the middle that is perfect for soldering. Wedge the EL wire in one side and the electrical wire in the other so that the EL wire core lines up with the shorter wire.

Solder them together and flip it over to solder the other wire.