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Is it okay to use a glue gun to connect a solder point to a wire?

In my headset, the two wires that connect to the speakers ripped out by accident, and was wondering if it was okay to glue gun the two wires back to their points? Is there any danger behind this?

Public Comments

1. glue is an insulator, it will not act like a solder. just so ya know.
2. There's a danger that it probably won't work. Why don't you just solder them like god intended?
3. not at all!!!!!!!!!!!
4. It might not insulate them, only hold them together.
5. Absolutly no danger behind this. Hot glue gun however is not an conductor so only chance in getting it to work is to get the wire to get a really good tight fitting connection against the joint while allowing the glue to set, probably take a needle or something similar, drop a bead of glue then use the needle(perhaps the eye part)and stick it through the glue to hold the wire tight until it sets up well enough, not sure if when you pull it out if the glue will come back off, or if the glue will even stick. Then theres the point that the glue guns tip can be pretty wide, so depends on your actual working area. The best thing obviously to do though is to solder the joint. Do this. 1. Clean the area to be soldered, scraping with perhaps a nail file down to bare metal and then wipe with alcohol 2. For electronic use such as yours use rosin-core solder, usually comes in coils. get it at radio shack or walmart in the automotive section, you can buy your solder iron there to, Last time I bought one it was $4.88 or somethign like that, I know less than $5.00, like $2.00 for solder. 3.Plug in the iron and let heat up, take some solder and apply it to the tip until it begins to melt, coat the tip with solder. Then clean the tip with a lightly watered down sponge, just to maily remove any globs of solder not all the solder 4. Since its your first time you might want to mask off with masking tape to avoid damage to other parts. 5. Heat up joint by holding the soldering unit tip at a slight angle with the line of the chisel point parallel to the side of the work. 6. Join the wire elements that are to be soldered. Wires can be temporarily crimped together by heating up the existing solder and pressing the wire into the solder. 7. Heat the joint with the soldering iron tip. 8. Place the solder so that it touches on the opposite side of the joint rather than directly next to the soldering tool tip. 9. Less is best, Do not overapply solder. A mess of solder does not provide a good joint. 10. Lift the end of the solder coil first and then remove the soldering iron. It should be clean, shiny and uniform. 11. Let the joint cool. Test your product before removing the tape and putting away tools. you can test with ohm meter if you know how.
6. Don't waste your time trying to glue the speakers, Spent at the most $5.00 at a hobby shop and get the equipment you need to make the repairs. Speaking of a hobby shop you might find a shop that will repair them for you just for a small fee, maybe less than you would pay for items to make the repairs..
7. No danger but no conductivity either, get solder and soldering tool small enough for that application.
8. No danger, no work.
9. NO