Hi all,
I'd like to attempt to repair some cheap earphones-no sound comes out of one of the ear buds. They're pretty cheap and nasty, looks like a dry solder joint and the wire is incredibly fragile and poor quality-such thin wire makes it difficult.
My question is, if i wanted to replace the wire from the 3.5mm jack to the bud, what is the technical name for this kind of audio cabling used? Inside the current wires to each bud is a copper wire (earth?) and either a green or red wire (incredibly thin gauge). If i search for audio cables on the web i get lots of stereo 3.5mm to phono leads, is this the right kind of wire if i just chop the phono jacks off? I'd prefer slightly wider gauge wire as its easier to manipulate but heavier i suppose.
The other issue i have is the soldering itself, how do you remove old solder if you don't have a de-solder pump/gun?
I also find i don't have enough hands to do this, i need to hold the earbud, solder, audio wire and the soldering iron! Can i apply solder to exposed copper wire first, this then means i only need to hold the earbud, wire to solder to the earbud and the soldering iron, thats still one more hand than i have!
The earphones were very cheap and almost easier to buy new ones but i'm just interested in trying a repair if its not too much effort or cost.
Thanks for the help!
I'd like to attempt to repair some cheap earphones-no sound comes out of one of the ear buds. They're pretty cheap and nasty, looks like a dry solder joint and the wire is incredibly fragile and poor quality-such thin wire makes it difficult.
My question is, if i wanted to replace the wire from the 3.5mm jack to the bud, what is the technical name for this kind of audio cabling used? Inside the current wires to each bud is a copper wire (earth?) and either a green or red wire (incredibly thin gauge). If i search for audio cables on the web i get lots of stereo 3.5mm to phono leads, is this the right kind of wire if i just chop the phono jacks off? I'd prefer slightly wider gauge wire as its easier to manipulate but heavier i suppose.
The other issue i have is the soldering itself, how do you remove old solder if you don't have a de-solder pump/gun?
I also find i don't have enough hands to do this, i need to hold the earbud, solder, audio wire and the soldering iron! Can i apply solder to exposed copper wire first, this then means i only need to hold the earbud, wire to solder to the earbud and the soldering iron, thats still one more hand than i have!
The earphones were very cheap and almost easier to buy new ones but i'm just interested in trying a repair if its not too much effort or cost.
Thanks for the help!