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Old 28-03-2011
samd samd is offline
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Originally Posted by Rich D View Post
That's all good dude and works fine for you I have no doubt. You may of burned a speedo out with a low wattage iron but I've never managed to since I started racing in 1987. Nor have I managed to ruin a tip by filing it. Maybe the Antex tips are different. Nothing wrong whatsoever with my joints. I used a 100w iron to build cells back in the day but personally think it's very much overkill for pcb work. The solder melts instantaneously upon touching the tip onto the board with my 25W iron. Anyway. Peace.
The soldering or Rich's car is so good it goes extra fast on the straight bits
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