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Jon Elson[_3_] Jon Elson[_3_] is offline
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Default solder won't come out of hole

Tom Del Rosso wrote:


For the past couple of hours I've been trying to get the solder out of a
hole. It's a mobo cap, and the other hole sucked right out. It's like an
obstruction. The solder melts with difficulty, but even then I can't get
a
dental pick as deep as in the other hole. The cap pulled out easily on
both leads.


It probably is lead-free solder. Dilute the solder with tin-lead solder,
which will lower the melting point. Then, use a solder sucker, solder
wick or what have you to clear the hole.

Jon