Sanding pins on Electronic components?

[ivtec]

Hi guys,i've been wanting to ask you guys,
Is it a good practice to sand pins on an electronic component before to add solder?
i have here a USB port that has this tiny legs and i already lost one port and ordered another one .

it seems to me the 5 pins are hard to solder to the board,it seems to me those pins are not made of good materials,should i sand them first ?

[SteveNielsen]

Re: Sanding pins on Electronic components?

No. Use more flux.

[stj]

Re: Sanding pins on Electronic components?

Hi guys,i've been wanting to ask you guys,
Is it a good practice to sand pins on an electronic component before to add solder?
i have here a USB port that has this tiny legs and i already lost one port and ordered another one .

it seems to me the 5 pins are hard to solder to the board,it seems to me those pins are not made of good materials,should i sand them first ?

NEVER sand the pins, they are plated to prevent corosion.
anyway, not all solders/fluxes can deal with brass - if you take the plating off brass you may be sorry!

[ivtec]

Re: Sanding pins on Electronic components?

NEVER sand the pins, they are plated to prevent corosion.
anyway, not all solders/fluxes can deal with brass - if you take the plating off brass you may be sorry!

I have Kester44'' rosin core



http://www.amazon.com/Kester-solder-.../dp/B001W2XZOS


also i will try to do the job one more time.i think my issue is more of low vision, the pins are so tiny, would be better off with a microscope, but it's too much money,this time i will use stronger glasses with my branch lens

[stj]

Re: Sanding pins on Electronic components?

usb with 5pins?
that's mini or micro, i would never use an iron on those.

[stj]

Re: Sanding pins on Electronic components?

double-post

[diif]

Re: Sanding pins on Electronic components?

Jobs like this have become so much easier with a microscope.

[philbo]

Re: Sanding pins on Electronic components?

Even if your solder has flux, adding a tiny dab of paste flux can work wonders. Especially if you have ROHS parts or solder.