[Gllug] Linux weather station!

[Bernard Peek]

On 21/02/10 10:17, Richard Jones wrote:
> I'll second that getting a good iron is important. Also get one with
> a pointed tip, rather than the kind of flat tip you get on cheap
> soldering irons.
>
>    

A couple of additional tips. Bigger is not necessarily better. For 
modern PCB work you don't need a fantastically powerful iron, about 15 
or 18 watt will be more than adequate.

When you solder a joing use the iron to heat the work, then touch the 
solder to the work. Don't load up the iron with a blob of solder and use 
that to make a joint.

Lead-based solder is preferable but you won't find it in Maplin's. You 
can buy a perfectly adequate lead-based solder in some of the pound shops.



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Bernard Peek

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