i soldered mostly a cellphone circuit and a tiny resistor,, what do a specific watt for it?i soldered mostly a cellphone circuit and a tiny resistor,, what do a specific watt for it?
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For small stuff like that I suggest a 15 to 25 watt iron with as small and pointy a tip as you can find. You don't need lots of heat, you need to have a fine control over where the heat goes.
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For small stuff like that I suggest a 15 to 25 watt iron with as small and pointy a tip as you can find. You don't need lots of heat, you need to have a fine control over where the heat goes.
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don't waste you time trying to fix it as the coil windings are shot
they are an induced heat system where an immovable object ( soldering tip ) is held in the magnetic field created by the coils which because it cannot move heats up
Most repair procedures on modern TVs require some kind of soldering. It is not a process which you can learn without spending some time getting the proper equipment and practicing until you can make a good solder joint in your sleep.<br /><br />First you need to understand that recently, within the last 5 years, the type of solder has been changed. Originally solder contained lead which can be dangerous, although I would wager that no one licks circuit boards! In order to make solder environmentally friendly more antimony has been added. This means that solder melts at a higher tempreture and does not adhere near as well. Flow is also compromised. Most solder joints now look like what we called cold solder joints in the past.<br /><br />To be able to solder correctly you will need a good iron or better yet a soldering station. You will also need to purchase some lead based solder and some solder with no lead. This is because you do not know at this point what circuit you will be working on.<br /><br />There are many vendors out there selling soldering equipment. <a href="http://www.mcminc.com/">http://www.mcminc.com</a> <a href="http://www.encompass.com/">http://www.encompass.com</a> <a href="http://www.digikey.com/">http://www.digikey.com</a> just to mention a few. <br /><br />The most versatile station would be a unit with an adjustable tempreture range. Then you can solder with lead based or non-lead solder. Lead based solder flows at about 750 degrees farenheith. The newer non-lead based solder flows at about 950 degrees farenheith. This means that you have to be extremely careful not to overheat components.<br /><br />If you cannot afford a variable tempreture unit you should probably purchase several pencil gun units. I would recommend getting a 25 watt, 35 watt and a 50 watt unit. Also get a good solder ****** and some solder wick. Do not get the cheap wick as it does not work after it corrodes due to the oxygen in the air. You will need the solder wick to remove any bad parts. <br /><br />When you are ready to solder let the iron or station heat up to the correct operating tempreture. Trying to solder too soon will give bad results. When the unit is hot and ready to go, place the tip (which should be conical) on the part to be soldered. Do not hurry it. Let it melt the solder and wait to see it flow before adding solder wick or removing the part.<br /><br />Reverse the procedure when soldering in a part. Do not have the iron in contact with the part any more than necessary as you may overheat the unti and damage it.<br /><br />If you follow these instructions you should be able to solder any board, part or device which needs it.<br /><br />Thanks for using FixYa and for the great rating.<br /><br />hardrocko<br />
Most repair procedures on modern TVs require some kind of soldering. It is not a process which you can learn without spending some time getting the proper equipment and practicing until you can make a good solder joint in your sleep.<br />
<br />
First you need to understand that recently, within the last 5 years, the type of solder has been changed. Originally solder contained lead which can be dangerous, although I would wager that no one licks circuit boards! In order to make solder environmentally friendly more antimony has been added. This means that solder melts at a higher tempreture and does not adhere near as well. Flow is also compromised. Most solder joints now look like what we called cold solder joints in the past.<br />
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To be able to solder correctly you will need a good iron or better yet a soldering station. You will also need to purchase some lead based solder and some solder with no lead. This is because you do not know at this point what circuit you will be working on.<br />
<br />
There are many vendors out there selling soldering equipment. <a href="http://www.mcminc.com">http://www.mcminc.com</a> <a href="http://www.encompass.com">http://www.encompass.com</a> <a href="http://www.digikey.com">http://www.digikey.com</a> just to mention a few. <br />
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The most versatile station would be a unit with an adjustable tempreture range. Then you can solder with lead based or non-lead solder. Lead based solder flows at about 750 degrees farenheith. The newer non-lead based solder flows at about 950 degrees farenheith. This means that you have to be extremely careful not to overheat components.<br />
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If you cannot afford a variable tempreture unit you should probably purchase several pencil gun units. I would recommend getting a 25 watt, 35 watt and a 50 watt unit. Also get a good solder ****** and some solder wick. Do not get the cheap wick as it does not work after it corrodes due to the oxygen in the air. You will need the solder wick to remove any bad parts. <br />
<br />
When you are ready to solder let the iron or station heat up to the correct operating tempreture. Trying to solder too soon will give bad results. When the unit is hot and ready to go, place the tip (which should be conical) on the part to be soldered. Do not hurry it. Let it melt the solder and wait to see it flow before adding solder wick or removing the part.<br />
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Reverse the procedure when soldering in a part. Do not have the iron in contact with the part any more than necessary as you may overheat the unti and damage it.<br />
<br />
If you follow these instructions you should be able to solder any board, part or device which needs it.<br />
<br />
Thanks for using FixYa and for the great rating.<br />
<br />
hardrocko
40 Watts is pretty powerful and will do what you need. However if it
doesn't have any temperature control it may be too powerful. I use a
25 Watt electric soldering iron and it does everything I ever wanted in
electronics. The danger of using an iron that is too hot is that it
could heat components and solder beside where you want the heat.
If it's a gas operated soldering iron it's probably ok since ratings on
gas irons are only estimates. Gas soldering irons are handy for
working away from mains power, like in your car, however many of them
tend to work great when new but after a few months they start to run out
of gas very quickly probably possibly because they develop a leak. If
you're only buying one I'd say get an electric 25 Watt one.
25 watts is a pretty light iron for the kind of work you are doing, but if it works---. Tips that are just bare copper tend to erode over time (the heat causes the copper to mix with the solder and thus erode). The better tips have iron plating over the copper which protects the copper. Silver solder applied over the bare copper works in much the same way and can be applied with a propane torch. Hope this helps!
what kind of dell model? it could be badcapacitors on the mobo. it's. common. have seen and fixed it numerous times. crank that puppy open and bust out the multi meter and get to testing. after that a 25- 30 watt soldering iron will be ur best friend
i soldered mostly a cellphone circuit and a tiny resistor,, what do a specific watt for it?
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