What is a good, reliable soldering iron kit for the noob capper
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Re: Looking for advice
Depends on what you are going to recap.
Single-sided power supplies such as for LCD screens and LCD TVs? Or computer motherboards? The latter requires a decent soldering station or at least a 60W "unregulated" iron (but I don't recommend that, as they tend to burn their tips quite fast).
If you're doing just LCD power supplies, a 40 to 50W iron with a chisel tip will likely suffice without breaking the bank. A soldering station would be better, but those are a little more expensive. The next thing you need is solder and flux. For solder, the good old tried-and-true 60/40 leaded will do. For flux, get the "no-clean" type. Both liquid or gel type will do. Avoid plumber's flux from Home Depot - that stuff is meant only for copper pipes.
I'm not the most resourceful when it comes to suggesting kits of where to buy from. You can get most of these from Amazon, eBay, or your local Radio Shack if you like (and don't mind slightly higher prices).
I hope some other members see this thread as they may be able to better guide you on what to get. I'm more of a "use whatever is available on hand".
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Has anybody tested this product? Posting this question on a Facebook tech group I'm in got a few responses like "that kind of thing corrodes the tips" and "just using normal solder paste is much better" so I'm not looking for generic responses like that, but rather, does anybody know for certain whether this exact product is good or bad for soldering iron tips?
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Hi all,
I am testing a USB powered soldering iron. It's made by Kaiweets but I believe it's also sold under other names.
As a standard test, I checked whether there was any voltage leak from the tip - that said the thing runs on USB-C power delivery so am I correct that the whole unit is floating and not grounded? If I check, I measure 90V at the tip but I have a feeling that that is not relevant? Maybe caused by that capacitor between primary and secondary inside the PSU? I do not see current flowing at all.
In other words, do you think it's expected and... -
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I'm owner of a Baku 702B. I do some SMD work with it, and since I have a spare soldering iron that works very well for the little soldering that I do, I hardly use the soldering iron that this station comes with.
(To add some info, this station went to RMA some months ago, the hot air gun resistance was changed to a new one.)
So, some days I needed to use the soldering iron that comes with the station, but for my surprise, the temperature would not rise. The temperature screen would always show 22/23ºc and no matter what, if I rised or decreased the... -
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