Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 23:30:23 +0800 From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] OT: Soldering problem
At 12:58 AM 10/01/2004 -0800, you wrote:
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 08:56:08 +0000 From: "Matt Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] OT: Soldering problem
From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I used to scrape it off but then I realized that if you just get a blob of solder on your iron and hold the ends of the enamel covered wire in the blob, the enamel melts/burns off and leaves you with nicely tinned ends! This also seems to go with the fine (plastic?) strands that you sometimes find the wire strands wrapped around, that just melts/burns away. I generally have a fan going to blow the fumes away though.
I did sort of try that, but I guess I'll have to dig up the old 30w iron. I have the 15w one here I was doing micro-soldering with, but I think I need a bigger blob.
Hmm ... well I've fixed headphones about 3 times this way and I'm using a 15w iron ... maybe you need to add solder whilst that's happening, I believe the flux in the solder will help (I generally put the solder on and have the wire in the solder blob within a second so I guess it still has some residual flux sitting there that's enough to make the solder take) ...
- Raymond
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