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Iggy, was the set made using lead-free solder? This may have bee your problem. Regular soldering irons may not get hot enough unless you have an adjustable heat unit.
I will check the name of the ones we use for lead-free and add that info to the posting tomorrow. I know they use RF to heat the tip. Regular solder suckers also work for lead-free solder, but you have to be quick before it solidifies. Paul |
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On 2011-04-07, KD7HB wrote:
Iggy, was the set made using lead-free solder? This may have bee your problem. Regular soldering irons may not get hot enough unless you have an adjustable heat unit. I am not sure, this is a 6 or so year old plasma TV. My problem was that a) solder indeed did not want to melt easily and 2) It would not stick to the soldering iron well etc. I will check the name of the ones we use for lead-free and add that info to the posting tomorrow. I know they use RF to heat the tip. Regular solder suckers also work for lead-free solder, but you have to be quick before it solidifies. I have two good news on this front. First is that I really did fix the plasma TV. The problem was two bulged caps in the power supply, which I replaced. Second is that I have a Pace 2000 soldering/desoldering station, in some disrepair (military surplus). It does not quite work. I set it in a corner, but after looking at Pace website today and seeing $5k USD price on that station, I will try my best to fix whatever issues it may have. i |
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KD7HB wrote:
Iggy, was the set made using lead-free solder? This may have bee your problem. Regular soldering irons may not get hot enough unless you have an adjustable heat unit. I will check the name of the ones we use for lead-free and add that info to the posting tomorrow. I know they use RF to heat the tip. Regular solder suckers also work for lead-free solder, but you have to be quick before it solidifies. Paul I really like the Metcal irons. They use induction to heat the tip. http://www.metcal.com/ The tips swap quickly and are available in a wide range of sizes and temperatures. --Winston |
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On 2011-04-07, Winston wrote:
KD7HB wrote: Iggy, was the set made using lead-free solder? This may have bee your problem. Regular soldering irons may not get hot enough unless you have an adjustable heat unit. I will check the name of the ones we use for lead-free and add that info to the posting tomorrow. I know they use RF to heat the tip. Regular solder suckers also work for lead-free solder, but you have to be quick before it solidifies. Paul I really like the Metcal irons. They use induction to heat the tip. http://www.metcal.com/ The tips swap quickly and are available in a wide range of sizes and temperatures. --Winston Which one of those metcals would you recommend, for general through hole stuff? i |
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Ignoramus23779 wrote:
On 2011-04-07, wrote: (...) I really like the Metcal irons. They use induction to heat the tip. http://www.metcal.com/ The tips swap quickly and are available in a wide range of sizes and temperatures. --Winston Which one of those metcals would you recommend, for general through hole stuff? The MX-500S is the current model. http://www.okinternational.com/produ...ng/mx500Rework Mine is the MX-500P-11 to which I added a Talon SMT iron. The modern equivalent is the MX-500TS. http://www.okinternational.com/produ...dering/mx500ts If you are contemplating *any* rework using two-pin SMT parts I highly recommend the Talon handle. (MX-TALON) I ty-wrapped one of Larry's ToolyRoo pouches to the cable on the handle and placed half a dozen tips inside. Fast and convienient! http://www.diversify.com/handypouches.html The tips are not cheap if you pay full bore retail. I've been lucky buying used tips off ePay, though it is easy to buy the wrong tip if one is not very careful with part numbers. --Winston |
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On 04/06/2011 09:43 PM, KD7HB wrote:
Iggy, was the set made using lead-free solder? This may have bee your problem. Regular soldering irons may not get hot enough unless you have an adjustable heat unit. I will check the name of the ones we use for lead-free and add that info to the posting tomorrow. I know they use RF to heat the tip. Regular solder suckers also work for lead-free solder, but you have to be quick before it solidifies. Paul I have an old Weller station at home, and a Weller WSL station with WMP iron at work. These are quite good. There are some other Weller models that use expensive tips or have poor temperature control. I work with both leaded and lead-free solder. The lead-free stuff is a pain, the iron doesn't tin well, and loses it's wetting ability in just minutes. I have some lead-free tip tinner stuff that helps. I usually solder at 650 F with leaded, but have to turn it up to 700 - 725 for the lead-free. As for desoldering, I use a Pace system both places. Although the parts are expensive, they are well-made and real workhorses. Jon |
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On 4/6/2011 11:37 PM, Ignoramus21203 wrote:
Second is that I have a Pace 2000 soldering/desoldering station, in some disrepair (military surplus). It does not quite work. I will be the contrarian. I have an OK Industries soldering/desoldering station. What I use is a 18 Watt Antex soldering pencil and a Soldapullt. If I had a bunch of connectors to desolder I would switch to the OK. Kevin Gallimore |
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As I recall we used this one - or the dated one before this model.
http://www.okinternational.com/product_soldering/mx500 Notice all of the optional probes - de-soldering - etc. Martin On 4/7/2011 8:01 AM, Ignoramus23779 wrote: On 2011-04-07, wrote: KD7HB wrote: Iggy, was the set made using lead-free solder? This may have bee your problem. Regular soldering irons may not get hot enough unless you have an adjustable heat unit. I will check the name of the ones we use for lead-free and add that info to the posting tomorrow. I know they use RF to heat the tip. Regular solder suckers also work for lead-free solder, but you have to be quick before it solidifies. Paul I really like the Metcal irons. They use induction to heat the tip. http://www.metcal.com/ The tips swap quickly and are available in a wide range of sizes and temperatures. --Winston Which one of those metcals would you recommend, for general through hole stuff? i |
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Martin Eastburn wrote:
As I recall we used this one - or the dated one before this model. http://www.okinternational.com/product_soldering/mx500 Notice all of the optional probes - de-soldering - etc. Martin Yup. That is a sweet tool. --Winston |
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On Apr 6, 9:37*pm, Ignoramus21203 ignoramus21...@NOSPAM.
21203.invalid wrote: On 2011-04-07, KD7HB wrote: Iggy, was the set made using lead-free solder? This may have bee your problem. Regular soldering irons may not get hot enough unless you have an adjustable heat unit. I am not sure, this is a 6 or so year old plasma TV. My problem was that a) solder indeed did not want to melt easily and 2) It would not stick to the soldering iron well etc. I will check the name of the ones we use for lead-free and add that info to the posting tomorrow. I know they use RF to heat the tip. Regular solder suckers also work for lead-free solder, but you have to be quick before it solidifies. I have two good news on this front. First is that I really did fix the plasma TV. The problem was two bulged caps in the power supply, which I replaced. Second is that I have a Pace 2000 soldering/desoldering station, in some disrepair (military surplus). It does not quite work. I set it in a corner, but after looking at Pace website today and seeing $5k USD price on that station, I will try my best to fix whatever issues it may have. i I've used a Pace as well, but pasty solder that doesn't stick sounds like the lead-free stuff to me. Had a miserable time trying to pull decayed through-hole caps on a motherboard with that stuff on it. Wouldn't wick and stuck like glue. Wouldn't suck out, either. Ended up doing the cap wiggle maneuver, heat one leg, push the top over to pull the lead as far as it would go, do the other side the same, repeat until extracted. Then drill the holes out with a small bit. Had to watch the heat so the plating didn't come along with the leads. The replacements got a dose of the good old stuff, some Sav- Bit Ersin I keep around for such occasions. I tried the dilution with regular solder bit, the original stuff didn't mix at all. Stan |
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Ignoramus30421 fired this volley in
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DanG wrote:
For all electrical soldering I use rosin core solder. The rosin is the flux. I apply extra liquid rosin flux as well. It floats oxides out and results in a great looking, shiny joint. Kester 186 is also available in a pen applicator for electronic soldering. http://www.kester.com/SideMenu/Produ...3/Default.aspx --Winston |
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Ignoramus30421 wrote:
I think that my other problem is a 10+ year old paste flux. Could it be? Probably not, assuming it still has the same "paste" consistency as it's always had. Even if it'd dried out to crust and lumps, it should melt in use; you could try dissolving the crust and lumps in alcohol. I'm pretty sure that rosin continues to be rosin, unless it gets moldy or something. Hope This Helps! Rich |
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