How To Make Good Soldering
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How to make good soldering. Oxidation grease and yes dirt. This process will help improve the heat transfer from the iron to the item youre soldering. If you solder something and find the join is not the best say its only soldered on one side use heat to bring the solder over to where its needed you might need to add a bit more solder.
Use a good conditioned soldering iron. Place soldering iron tip on the pad. If you looked at it under a microscope it would look like a little volcano or mountain.
If the solder 1 looks like a big metal blob 2 doesnt cover the pad or 3 looks dull and cracky youve got a bad joint. Cleanliness is imperative for successful soldering because quite simply both the solder and the flux will not flow across dirt of any kind. How To Make A Good Solder Joint.
Before you can start soldering you need to prep your soldering iron by tinning the tip with solder. Once the joint reaches working temperature the solder will melt and flow. The schematic and PCB layout will also be referred to when populating the board.
Before you can start soldering you need to prepare your soldering iron by tinning the tip with the solder. If you are soldering wire to something tin the wire and the lug you are soldering it to. Your hands will be a mess.
12 Important Soldering Tips. Dont put solder onto the bit and then carry it. Make a BOM bill of materials for the PCB and ensure before soldering that the components have been collected.