Desoldering station vacuum pump. Looking for recommendations.

[sam_sam_sam]

Re: Desoldering station vacuum pump. Looking for recommendations.

Please post pictures of the boards front and back that are in this unit and we might be able to help you with it

[garbleduser]

Re: desoldering station

does anyone have a csi 474 desoldering station?

I have one. Are you having as many problems modding a new style gun into it as I am? I would like to trade some board and original gun wiring pictures/pinouts with you! My unit came from ebay, with no gun, in a fully toasted state.

Trying to add the B1002B gun this this is a pain. I will have to add a solid state relay and transformer to run the 24v heater. The problem that is holding me up currently, is that I have no idea where the thermocouple attaches On top of that, the butcher that previously worked on this unit burned/pulled off all the traces at the din connector.

Please, we can help each other!

-Garbleduser

[llonen]

Re: Desoldering station vacuum pump. Looking for recommendations.

I use a Pace ST 115E De-Soldering system with the Sx80 solder extractor, older technology but very reliable

[eccerr0r]

Re: Desoldering station vacuum pump. Looking for recommendations.

I have an ancient Ungar desolder pump (sounds like an aquarium pump, probably is an aquarium pump!). Over the years I've had to replace the heating element once already. Yes, cleaning it is very important else you'll clog. I have some steel wire that I use to poke through the tip, and changing the filters must be done as well. Also emptying the solder bin is also quite important, put it off and you might have an internal "solder bridge" that may result in replacing parts...

It's a pain to maintain but being able to remove solder... almost priceless.

(Good solder wick also works well...)

[Agent24]

Re: Desoldering station vacuum pump. Looking for recommendations.

Ouch. Id think that piece would be glaas. Clear plastic tends to be brittle.

If you can find someone who works with glass, you could get a glass one made from a piece of glass tube. That's what I have for my Den-on. Much nicer and easier to clean. The original plastic one has held up fine, but has tiny bits of solder melted into the inside everywhere. Glass works a lot better.

[jeffescortlx]

Re: Desoldering station vacuum pump. Looking for recommendations.

Update on the FR300. The first two canisters cracked, but the 3rd is working fine. Manufacturing must of gotten a bad batch of plastic. So far the tool is working good and reliability with moderate use.

[epssty]

desoldering station

does anyone have a csi 474 desoldering station?

[jeffescortlx]

Re: Desoldering station vacuum pump. Looking for recommendations.

The directions explain what setting to use depending on solder and if the board is double sided or not. But I just started on the lowest setting possible and worked up until it did the job.

[clearchris]

Re: Desoldering station vacuum pump. Looking for recommendations.

Ouch. Id think that piece would be glaas. Clear plastic tends to be brittle.

[stj]

Re: Desoldering station vacuum pump. Looking for recommendations.

you can set your temp to match the type of solder your dealing with.

[Agent24]

Re: Desoldering station vacuum pump. Looking for recommendations.

it needs to be glass,
and what the hell is #2 setting? you need to know the exact temperature your using!

Some Hakko (and other) tools don't have a temperature dial, just marked 1-10 or such.
Why do you need to know the exact temperature? It's not going to be that precise anyway... tip temperature is measured in the tip or heater, while the work will always be cooler. Just use the lowest temperature which works effectively.

[stj]

Re: Desoldering station vacuum pump. Looking for recommendations.

It's not glass, it's plastic.
I work with pretty small leads, I only need the #2 setting. I believe it goes up to 5 or 6.
I contacted the seller and he is going to replace the canister.

it needs to be glass,
and what the hell is #2 setting? you need to know the exact temperature your using!

[popeye]

Re: Desoldering station vacuum pump. Looking for recommendations.

Well 8 days after receiving the hakko FR300 I noticed the clear plastic canister that catches the solder is full of cracks.
Hasn't been dropped or handled rough. Buy a Hakko they said.

That looks like poor quality to me I have had a phillips model for getting on for 20 years just managed to crack it don't know why no spares for it now will have to buy a gun for one of the others that spares are available for just need to make sure about the wireing.

[jeffescortlx]

Re: Desoldering station vacuum pump. Looking for recommendations.

hot solder on cold glass - what temp are you running at?

It's not glass, it's plastic.
I work with pretty small leads, I only need the #2 setting. I believe it goes up to 5 or 6.
I contacted the seller and he is going to replace the canister.

[stj]

Re: Desoldering station vacuum pump. Looking for recommendations.

hot solder on cold glass - what temp are you running at?

[redwire]

Re: Desoldering station vacuum pump. Looking for recommendations.

jeffescortlx, don't make me cry
I'm not sure if the filter-pipe cracking is from physical stress (the spring, not put in right) or is from heat or it's just cheap plastic. I would email Hakko California, they answer quickly.
So far, I find all their stuff good except for the chinese knockoffs.

[jeffescortlx]

Re: Desoldering station vacuum pump. Looking for recommendations.

Well 8 days after receiving the hakko FR300 I noticed the clear plastic canister that catches the solder is full of cracks.
Hasn't been dropped or handled rough. Buy a Hakko they said.

[Agent24]

Re: Desoldering station vacuum pump. Looking for recommendations.

probably not good, it does not regulate the air temp, only the tip temp.

That's where the really long length comes into play!

[stj]

Re: Desoldering station vacuum pump. Looking for recommendations.

probably not good, it does not regulate the air temp, only the tip temp.

[Agent24]

Re: Desoldering station vacuum pump. Looking for recommendations.

It has a switch to reverse the pump for hot air rework. That's pretty neat!

It's a clever idea, although I've never actually used it since I already have a hot air station anyway so I can't say how well it functions for that.