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Solding: What components are particularly heat-sensitive?

PostPosted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 12:35 pm
by gabriel1712
Solding the v2.8 kit: What components are particularly sensitive to heating from the solding iron?

Re: Solding: What components are particularly heat-sensitive?

PostPosted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:05 pm
by dmitri
I'd say copper tracks.

Re: Solding: What components are particularly heat-sensitive?

PostPosted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 2:16 pm
by Ken Forgettable
Electrolytic cap's suffer from heat exhaustion but you'd be hard pressed to delaminate the synthex v2.8 pcb or bugger any components up really.

Just heat the area where the component lead and the track meet for a couple of seconds and apply the solder at the last moment - remember you're not trying to melt solder onto a cool surface.

Wipe the tip of the iron on a damp sponge regularly and take a bath at least once a week.

Re: Solding: What components are particularly heat-sensitive?

PostPosted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 3:37 pm
by gabriel1712
Ah, great and thank you.

My parcel came today, thou I missed the post office by 17 secs.

Ken Forgettable wrote:Wipe the tip of the iron :shock: on a damp sponge regularly and take a bath at least once a week.


ROFL