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Aotearoa Weekly Kōrero 28/5/2024 (self.newzealand)
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Last weeks thread here

Welcome to this week’s casual kōrero thread!

This post will be pinned in this community so you can always find it, and will stay for about a week until replaced by the next one.

It’s for talking about anything that might not justify a full post. For example:

  • Something interesting that happened to you
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[–] eagleeyedtiger 3 points 5 months ago (8 children)

Anyone got some tips on soldering? Trying to fix a loose connection.

Also if anyone knows of any good/cheap kits out there to practise on too

[–] Panq 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

tips on soldering

In addition to the other comments - if you're soldering to something that can sink a lot of heat (a great big copper connector, or the ground plane on a circuit board), you will probably need a fairly broad tip. A finer tip can't transfer heat fast enough, so you end up having to hold it in contact for far too long to get hot enough to melt the solder and (counterintuitively) you end up melting plastic or overheating components. Doubly so if you've cranked up the heat to help.

[–] eagleeyedtiger 2 points 5 months ago

Good to know, I’m mainly looking at repairing a few things for now, but hoping to find some small hobby kits to practice on later on.

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