i am looking to solder a circuit board, was just wondering if a ” Hot Air Soldering ” is any good?
Saturday, June 20th, 2009 at
6:45 am
i am looking to solder a circuit board, was just wondering which would be better a " Hot Air Soldering " or a " Soldering Iron Station "?
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Filed under: Circuit Boards
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I prefer the station that is adjustable. Hotter temps means the job will be faster and cleaner. Using low watt soldering irons make for a mess and can assist in damaging chips because it takes too long to heat the tin. The leg of the chip or whatever you are soldering to a board will not heat and not make a good solid joint. Hot air just isnt as reliable IMO. If you are working on a heat sink or other large pieces of metal you may need something hotter then a station can get. Also depends on the lead content in the solder. The more lead the hotter you are gonna have to get the iron.
On some of the RCA/GE TVs that were made in the mid 90s the tuner was getting too hot and I had to put in a high lead solder to stop the joints from cracking. I actually had to get a butane torch with attachments.
Use a low wattage soldering iron, not more than 25 watts.