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Offline amyk

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Re: Hakko soldering station sucks
« Reply #25 on: March 21, 2015, 03:00:14 am »
100C? What type of solder are you using? Regular 63/37 or 60/40 solder melts at 183C, lead-free is often 200+. That sounds like either your soldering station is severely decalibrated or you are using ultra-low-temperature solder.
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Offline Paul Moir

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Re: Hakko soldering station sucks
« Reply #26 on: March 21, 2015, 03:36:10 am »
Yeah, note that is is super easy to decalibrate the FX-888D:
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/reviews/hakko-fx-888d-decalibrated

I did it to mine the day I got it.
(PS - my progs are set for 270, 300, 350, 400 and 450.  Normal is 300 or 270 for delicate small stuff using Pb solders.)
« Last Edit: March 21, 2015, 03:42:10 am by Paul Moir »
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Offline Red Squirrel

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Re: Hakko soldering station sucks
« Reply #27 on: March 21, 2015, 05:19:19 am »
Oh crap, I probably did do that.  I was trying to figure out how to set it from F to C and just playing around.   I ended up RTFMing again and found how and did it though so it's set now.  The only thing I have that can read such temps is a IR gun but that is probably not a good tool for that as mentioned in that thread.  I do have temp sensors around the house (ds18s20) for my hvac, but pretty sure I'd melt them.  :scared:

Edit: Ok so I did a factory reset, I'm good now!  Starts to melt solder at 170, close enough. 
« Last Edit: March 21, 2015, 05:59:10 am by Red Squirrel »
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Offline fubar.gr

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Re: Hakko soldering station sucks
« Reply #28 on: March 21, 2015, 11:30:18 am »
Desoldering parts from multilayer PCBs can be a bitch, and even having the best soldering station in the world won't help much.

In this video (from 14:30) I am desoldering a capacitor and a PCI express port using a JBC CD-B station, deliberately set at a low temp, around 320C.




I've found that this is one of the fastest and least invasive desoldering techniques (I believe the best is using Chipquick, but that's kinda expensive).
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Offline Psi

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Re: Hakko soldering station sucks
« Reply #29 on: March 21, 2015, 12:00:17 pm »
Quote from: Red Squirrel on March 21, 2015, 05:19:19 am
Edit: Ok so I did a factory reset, I'm good now!  Starts to melt solder at 170, close enough.

The OP should do this too
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Offline Tallie

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Re: Hakko soldering station sucks
« Reply #30 on: March 22, 2015, 03:18:15 pm »
Sure you didn't purchase a desoldering station by mistake... they really suck...
« Last Edit: March 22, 2015, 03:32:38 pm by Tallie »
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Offline Prime73

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Re: Hakko soldering station sucks
« Reply #31 on: March 22, 2015, 03:31:04 pm »
maybe the temp you set is in Fahrenheit ? I had this issue with my Hakko and was really puzzled when I saw 350 degrees on display of the unit and wasn't able to melt a solder. Once I switched it to Celsius all make sense to me now. (I'm a metric guy and don't get imperial system even though i use it occasionally). Read the manual on how to change the units
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