On 5/16/26 08:05, briand--- via PLUG wrote: > Hi, > > The most common cause of that problem is that the pins are soldered to a > large chunk of ground plane and unless you use a really large tip, or > preferably an air pencil to heat the entire thing uniformly, you can't get it > to stay melted. > > As soon as you remove heat the solder freezes. > > The problem is that to get it hot enough and stay hot enough, you'll probably > end up melting the connector. > > Source: I have melted connectors because of this very problem. lol. The good > news is that connectors are (usually) cheap. > > A typical board , even lead free, should not be a problem for the Hakko. > > Brian > > p.s. through hole or surface mount connector ? >
It's through-hole 8-pin sockets (2), keyed, for standard desktop ATX computer power supply. I was thinking it might be thermal mass issue as the tip is pretty small. It would be easy enough to get new sockets and just snip off the old ones... ...or get out the ol' Dremel and carve a notch into and remove some of the heat sink fins. -Ed
