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Preheater for hand soldering

Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 20 13:49:54 EST 2013 | tkotwal

I'm looking for a preheater for hand soldering, but haven't used one before so I could use some advice. Does anyone have any preferred styles or brands? Is there anything in particular that I should either look for or should avoid? I've seen prices r

Preheater for hand soldering

Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 22 15:23:54 EST 2013 | tkotwal

Thank you for the advice. I have the same concerns with applying that much heat from a single point, so I will probably go with a Zephyrtronics preheater. Tom

Preheater for hand soldering

Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 21 12:49:07 EST 2013 | deanm

We had the same problem with one of our boards with ground planes so that it required preheat using a hotplate before hand soldering. Then I learned about the Metcal MX-5000 series soldering irons. I was skeptical at first but we can now solder the s

Preheater for hand soldering

Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 20 15:20:34 EST 2013 | hegemon

Depending on your requirements, you could range from a hair dryer, heat gun, toaster oven, hot plate, on up to digitally controlled surfaces and convective systems. You'll have to gauge for yourself whether you are just trying to add some heat energy

Preheater for hand soldering

Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 21 14:40:42 EST 2013 | hegemon

My own preference in this arena is towards the forced air convection style preheat, the key being the forced air. Radiant preheat is too slow for some, and IR preheat can have other issues that convection (or radiant) will not. Zephyrtronics has bee

Preheater for hand soldering

Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 21 09:30:05 EST 2013 | tkotwal

Thank you for the advice Hegemon. I agree that there is a wide range of options available. I'm looking for something that can give me some repeatable surface temp control, is easy to work with, and has at least decent build quality. I don't necessari

Looking hand soldering tool for home electronics

Electronics Forum | Sat Aug 06 15:23:51 EDT 2005 | Thaqalain Mahdi

I get to know from past 6 months of looking home electronics,that most of them failed b/c of solder fault. I never done soldering by hand,although done SMT Inspection jobs,now I know importance of soldering quality in electronics. I need to start ha

SMT solder pad design for hand soldering

Electronics Forum | Sat Apr 19 12:00:07 EDT 2003 | modeltech

I am completely new to SMT design and for my next project I plan to use SMT for the first time. Since production volumes of the PCB's will be low, hand soldering is definitely an option, and will be necessary for my prototype PCB assembly. My proble

SMT solder pad design for hand soldering

Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 21 08:55:35 EDT 2003 | russ

The pads you use for Reflow will be be fine for handsolder. Russ

SMT solder pad design for hand soldering

Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 21 21:46:04 EDT 2003 | davef

We agree with Russ.

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