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Problem with soldering gun
Hello,
It may sound funny, but that's why I never used a soldering gun and perhaps never will... My 25W JBC with 0.8 and 1.2 mm tips is quite fine for electronic components and connector soldering. You should be the one who takes an 18 wheeler to pick up a beer pack. Shouldn't you? Perhaps a Mig welder could do the connector job... Hi! I hope you'll never mount connectors for other Hams without any serious DC and HF shortcut tests. 100W+ soldering irons are pretty good for plumber jobs or for desoldering fast and clean, but definitely not for your aim. 73 de F8BOE Olivier ...-.- David Thompson wrote: My sister bought me a Radio Shack Dual Heat soldering gun (150W/230W). This was to supplement my 120 watt 45 year old Weller. This after my WW II vintage 120 iron died on me. My main use was to solder coax connectors. The Gun seems to work Ok on soldering joints in say a SB220 amplifier. But the first thing I noticed is that the tip is much to large to fit into the area where the PL-259 outside allows you to solder that to the shield thru the wholes in the 259. No problem but if you leave the gun on too long the area of the tip gets red hot about 1/2" back from the actual tip. My old Weller does a better but inadequate job of soldering the 259 shield. Why does the gun allow the tip to get red hot away from the actual tip. The tip is almost new. I notice its made from a silver metal not copper as with most Weller tips. Radio Shack tells me its made by Weller and they are not aware of the problem. bad tip or maybe a bad winding in the gun? any ideas? Dave K4JRB |
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