Three Ways to Save Your Components and Your Tips!

Turn the temperature on your soldering pencil DOWN. Most users operate at a much higher than needed temperature, thinking they will be able to work faster (hotter = faster, right?). To be safe to your components and to extend tip life, reduce the temperature at which you work to the lowest possible level.
Do not dwell on the pad or connection for too long. An average solder joint should be completed in 5-7 seconds, even when using lead free solder. Dwelling on the joint too long can cause damage to your component, and create an inferior connection.
Preheat whenever possible when reworking or removing a component. If you have access to a bottom side preheater, use it to slowly increase the temperature of the circuit board, so that you can spend less time on the joint with the soldering tip, not tweezers, or concentrated hot air. This is more efficient and much safer.

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1 - Great idea. Quick and easy.

Larry (Comment this)

Written by: Larry Doolittle at 2006/12/10 - 11:27:35

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Written by: Glenn Schindo at 2007/04/24 - 11:51:21

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