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@harmlessgryphon I have an 1980s ERSA 40W iron but neither the ERSA nor the 60 Engel clone are sufficient to desolder mainboard caps →
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@yakkoj Which desoldering pump do you have? I was considering buying a 10€, 40W pump https://is.gd/NkDtmb. It's low end but I rarely need it
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@veg05 @yakkoj I want to remove faulty capacitors from special mainboards – works ok but getting the wholes free after is the tricky part
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@harmlessgryphon that's how I do it, or using the unheated desoldering pump but using iron & pump simultaneously is tricky @yakkoj @veg05
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@harmlessgryphon You're right… the blue one looks nice but 30W is weak. The other one is a bit more expensive. qttr.at/21ha @yakkoj @veg05
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@harmlessgryphon I want to replace electrolyt capacitors in Pentium4 generation Point Of Sale computers. The board sucks up heat quickly
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@harmlessgryphon it depends, I have a 1986 HongKong-made cheap Engel-Löter qttr.at/21hj clone still going strong (with some minor repairs)
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@harmlessgryphon →so I bought a <20€ lightweight Chinese temperature controlled 60W iron, and surprise: it's sufficient for desoldering caps