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| cbowen:
Well, kind of an embarrassing, but happy update. I took everything off the board with a regular old Wagner heat gun I use in the garage. I noticed how nice it made the solder joints before I took off the components, so I pitched in for a proper rework gun that came with a more focused tip. To put it quickly, I did the whole board in about 5 minutes and everything works, first try. I suppose my solder skills aren't up to these LED's. Anyway, big thank you for all the replies and time. This is a great community. |
| Bud:
--- Quote from: Kalvin on May 18, 2019, 08:39:19 pm ---Have you seen this video? The soldering iron needs to have a very fine tip ie. only very little heat will transfer to the LED. Also, using soldering paste seems to be the way to go. --- End quote --- Anyone else uses SMT soldering paste with a regular soldering iron ? :wtf: |
| Buriedcode:
--- Quote from: Bud on May 23, 2019, 10:03:27 pm --- Anyone else uses SMT soldering paste with a regular soldering iron ? :wtf: --- End quote --- Never... if you can use an iron to solder, then the tip has enough space to feed solder wire. Also, to the OP, using a regular heat gun (that are often 1500-2000W) for soldering is not wise. They aren't in any way temperature controlled, so the upper limit of how hot the parts get is purely down to the air flow, how far away the heat gun is held form the part, and time. This can easily be double the absolute maximum for many devices. Sure, you can still damage parts using a hot air station, but its much harder to do so. |
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