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Permalink Reply by Roosterman on November 17, 2009 at 8:55am

.... or buy ready soldered piezos on ebay for less than a dollar a piece :o)
Or are they only available in the UK??

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Permalink Reply by Lou on November 17, 2009 at 11:40am

When I got the piezo's for my first build I didn't like the thin quality of the wires that came on them so I clipped them off and soldered on telephone wires, with the hot wire on the ceramic crystal part I scraped a little spot and made an anchor to the metal with a drop of solder, then I soldered the wire over the ceramic part from that anchor and it worked really well.

I made up two piezo's that way for the build and was surprised at how well they pick up.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Doug on November 17, 2009 at 4:18pm

I didn't know solder would stick to ceramic. thanks for the input.

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Permalink Reply by jim on November 17, 2009 at 7:17pm

here is a vid showing how http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI3tTF3hv2c

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Permalink Reply by jim on November 17, 2009 at 7:58pm

the ceramic has a thin conductive coating that you solder to . too much heat can break it loose, so be careful. piezos are like a sandwitch of brass/ceramic/ and the thin conductive foil.

Paul Doug said:

I didn't know solder would stick to ceramic. thanks for the input.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Doug on November 18, 2009 at 3:04am

Thanks Jim, looks like I was over worring it. I think I can handle that.

jim said:

here is a vid showing how http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI3tTF3hv2c

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Permalink Reply by Larry Chapman on December 10, 2012 at 8:47am

Do not scratch the ceramic. You can solder on it but be careful to not get it too hot or the ceramic will be ruined. the metal is the ground so you can solder your ground anyplace on it. 

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