Hello, I'm almost done with a project, a rechargable LED flashlight/nightlamp. I want it to be and look neat, so charging it with alligator clips each time doesn't looks good. My idea was using an earphone jack female connector salvaged from an old discman, and using some earphone male jack as the other side. The earphone has 2 plastic-covered wires, when I cut them each wire has 3 little wires: a solid copper wire, a colored (probably enameled), and something that looked like sewing thread, very thin and white.
When I was checking the connections with the jack connected, it appears that all connections arent working. I thought that it was because the enameled (which were connected via aligator clips) weren't working because its insulated.
If I'm correct, then how should I do to use the enameled wire, would soldering it melts the enamel and allows a good connection?
When I was checking the connections with the jack connected, it appears that all connections arent working. I thought that it was because the enameled (which were connected via aligator clips) weren't working because its insulated.
If I'm correct, then how should I do to use the enameled wire, would soldering it melts the enamel and allows a good connection?