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Old 05-12-2020, 04:20 PM
albanks albanks is offline
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Originally Posted by Electronic M View Post
Glad you got it fixed.

One thing I have found very beneficial is to have a BIG 75W or higher soldering IRON. Getting any chassis ground or especially large solder joint to melt and flow with a smaller iron is at best very slow and often doesn't give good joints. You can make a small iron work (God knows I did for more than a decade) but once you have a big one at your disposal you'll want it for everything but some of the tighter/finer work.
That's good advice because I have a small dinky iron from Harbor Freight.
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