[Bob Kontak]

I was rigging up a 12V test light using an old 911 bulb from my "extra" box and there was a plop of solder (lead?) on the contact tip of the bulb that melted like butter and was super simple to melt the wire into it.

I am no electrician and know that I have soldered many a wire using plumbing solder. Often with the finished product looking like my first attempts to stick weld in junior high school shop class.

What is the solder I should use? Flux/rosin, lead content? Soldering gun or tip for general wiring with the occasional venture onto a circuit board?

I can probably find the info on a website but want to ask this community because of the variety of DIY electrical "repairs" you guys perform. Is there a one kit answer?

Here is my kit for those in the know to have a chuckle: