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Re: World's Worst Soldering!

From	Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com>
Newsgroups	sci.electronics.repair, sci.electronics.design
Subject	Re: World's Worst Soldering!
Date	2018-10-08 10:55 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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On Sun, 07 Oct 2018 19:44:55 -0700, Jeff Liebermann wrote:

> There's your problem.  15 watts is far too small for the heavy gauge
> wire you're using.  The pointed tip is too small to retain enough heat
> to solder some of the larger parts in your photos.  You also didn't
> bother to disclose whether you're using a temperature controlled
> soldering iron or a crappy wood burner.  I'll guess(tm) a wood burner,
> probably with unplated rusted iron tips that can't be cleaned, wetted,
> or tinned.

These are just bog-standard soldering irons with no fancy temp control. 
But their tips are in much better condition than you imagined above, 
thankfully!


> I had problems finding can type electrolytics so I used axial leaded
> electrolytics as a substitute.  They fit inside the old can, so I just
> ripped out the guts from the defective capacitor and crammed the axial
> caps inside.  I used 85C caps which lasted about 6 months.  I replace
> them with 105C caps and they've been running for about 2 years.

Maybe it was the additional 'jacketing' that caused the issue? You'd be 
trapping a layer of warm air in there causing a build up of heat, I'd 
guess?

Thanks for the pep-talk btw. :-)



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World's Worst Soldering! Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2018-10-07 16:08 +0000
  Re: World's Worst Soldering! djlocher56@gmail.com - 2018-10-07 10:25 -0700
    Re: World's Worst Soldering! gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com - 2018-10-07 11:15 -0700
  Re: World's Worst Soldering! Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2018-10-07 10:36 -0700
    Re: World's Worst Soldering! John Robertson <spam@flippers.com> - 2018-10-07 11:58 -0700
      Re: World's Worst Soldering! John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2018-10-07 13:26 -0700
        Re: World's Worst Soldering! <698839253X6D445TD@nospam.org> - 2018-10-07 20:36 +0000
          Re: World's Worst Soldering! John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2018-10-07 15:46 -0700
        Re: World's Worst Soldering! John Robertson <spam@flippers.com> - 2018-10-07 13:41 -0700
        Re: World's Worst Soldering! jurb6006@gmail.com - 2018-10-07 22:56 -0700
          Re: World's Worst Soldering! Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> - 2018-10-08 10:01 -0400
      Re: World's Worst Soldering! Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2018-10-07 19:09 -0700
    Re: World's Worst Soldering! Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2018-10-07 20:06 +0000
      Re: World's Worst Soldering! Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2018-10-07 19:44 -0700
        Re: World's Worst Soldering! Ralph Mowery <rmowery28146@earthlink.net> - 2018-10-07 23:30 -0400
        Re: World's Worst Soldering! Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2018-10-08 10:55 +0000
      Re: World's Worst Soldering! John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2018-10-07 21:26 -0700
        Re: World's Worst Soldering! bitrex <user@example.net> - 2018-10-08 02:20 -0400
        Re: World's Worst Soldering! Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2018-10-08 10:57 +0000
  Re: World's Worst Soldering! Steff <e-post.nu@gmx.com> - 2018-10-07 19:56 +0200
  Re: World's Worst Soldering! mpm <mpmillard@aol.com> - 2018-10-07 11:19 -0700
  Re: World's Worst Soldering! <698839253X6D445TD@nospam.org> - 2018-10-07 18:58 +0000
    Re: World's Worst Soldering! DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org - 2018-10-08 01:00 +0000
      Re: World's Worst Soldering! Ralph Mowery <rmowery28146@earthlink.net> - 2018-10-07 23:36 -0400
  Re: World's Worst Soldering! bitrex <user@example.net> - 2018-10-07 21:36 -0400
    Re: World's Worst Soldering! John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2018-10-07 19:34 -0700
      Re: World's Worst Soldering! bitrex <user@example.net> - 2018-10-07 22:58 -0400
        Re: World's Worst Soldering! John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2018-10-07 20:59 -0700
      Re: World's Worst Soldering! John Robertson <spam@flippers.com> - 2018-10-07 22:53 -0700
        Re: World's Worst Soldering! John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2018-10-08 01:08 -0700
          Re: World's Worst Soldering! John Robertson <spam@flippers.com> - 2018-10-08 08:26 -0700
            Re: World's Worst Soldering! bitrex <user@example.net> - 2018-10-08 11:45 -0400
      Re: World's Worst Soldering! <698839253X6D445TD@nospam.org> - 2018-10-08 07:42 +0000
  Re: World's Worst Soldering! Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2018-10-08 02:13 +0000
    Re: World's Worst Soldering! Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2018-10-08 10:39 +0000
  Re: World's Worst Soldering! The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2018-10-07 22:33 -0700
    Re: World's Worst Soldering! John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2018-10-08 01:12 -0700
      Re: World's Worst Soldering! <698839253X6D445TD@nospam.org> - 2018-10-08 15:01 +0000
        Re: World's Worst Soldering! Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2018-10-09 17:45 +0000
          Re: World's Worst Soldering! Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2018-10-09 17:47 +0000
  Re: World's Worst Soldering! Boris Mohar <borism_void_@sympatico.ca> - 2018-10-08 04:36 -0400
    Re: World's Worst Soldering! John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2018-10-08 08:59 -0700
      Re: World's Worst Soldering! John Robertson <spam@flippers.com> - 2018-10-08 10:01 -0700
        Re: World's Worst Soldering! <698839253X6D445TD@nospam.org> - 2018-10-08 18:18 +0000
    Re: World's Worst Soldering! Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2018-10-09 17:58 +0000
  Re: World's Worst Soldering! Look165 <look165@numericable.fr> - 2018-10-08 11:08 +0200
    Re: World's Worst Soldering! Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2018-10-08 10:49 +0000
      Re: World's Worst Soldering! Look165 <look165@numericable.fr> - 2018-10-08 13:05 +0200
  Re: World's Worst Soldering! Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2018-10-08 17:00 +0100

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