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  • As a dude who build wire harnesses, I absolutely loathe when people call them male/female.

    There are plugs and receptacles, and pins and sockets.

    Plugs plug into receptacles. Receptacles get plugged into by plugs.
    Pins plug into sockets. Sockets get plugged into by pins.

    It can get very confusing when you have a receptacle with pins or a plug with sockets and some chode says something gender referenced, such as “the male end”.
    Ok, are you talking about the plug? Nope, obviously they were talking about the receptacle, because it has pins, even though that’s the end that gets plugged into.

    So frustrating.





  • Don’t turn the iron up too hot.
    Tin the wires first.
    Flux everything. If you need to rework, add more flux. Flux boils/burns off fairly quickly, and the residue left behind is not flux.
    Clean your work so you can inspect it.
    If your wire insulation has a low melting temperature, 1: be quick about it, and 2: strip the wire shorter than you need, because It will creep back as you’re tinning it.
    Google for “NASA Soldering Spec” for instructions and pictures of what “perfect” looks like. All of the NASA specs are free public info.