Hey guys.
Right, I have just spend a wad and bought a brand new soldering station to try and get into the wonderful world of electronics.
However, I am having some trouble, the soldering station I have bought does not seem to work right.
My problems started straight away with me not being able to melt the solder efficiently enough, despite my solder melting point rating being 227oC I have to have it on 350oC or recently I have moved it up to 400oC and I feel this is too much.
It's just not heating up the board / legs of the led's or resistors so my solder joints are not right, even applying the solder directly to the tip it takes a while to melt even at 350oC.
I came to you for advice and read up and I was told I needed to flux the tip, I got the flux this morning and gave it a go but its not working, I started with 400oC temp, dipped the end of the iron into the flux, applied the solder and it just fell off.
I am not sure if I have a faulty soldering iron or if my combination of lead-free solder and iron is the problem, but I do know this current set-up is not working right.
To further help describe my problem I have just taken a video tonight to show you whats going on and below are a few links which will show you what I am working with.
Soldering Station
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-functio...630&pid=100015&prg=1006&rk=1&sd=140928980814&
Solder
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000L9CVRU/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Flux
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001JGW7GE/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I don't know what could be the cause of even @ 350oC - 400oC temp the iron is still not making the board or wires hot enough for the solder to melt and create a joint.
Oh heres a link to the short video I did.
Starting to think I will never be able to solder now
Any help would be much appreciated
Right, I have just spend a wad and bought a brand new soldering station to try and get into the wonderful world of electronics.
However, I am having some trouble, the soldering station I have bought does not seem to work right.
My problems started straight away with me not being able to melt the solder efficiently enough, despite my solder melting point rating being 227oC I have to have it on 350oC or recently I have moved it up to 400oC and I feel this is too much.
It's just not heating up the board / legs of the led's or resistors so my solder joints are not right, even applying the solder directly to the tip it takes a while to melt even at 350oC.
I came to you for advice and read up and I was told I needed to flux the tip, I got the flux this morning and gave it a go but its not working, I started with 400oC temp, dipped the end of the iron into the flux, applied the solder and it just fell off.
I am not sure if I have a faulty soldering iron or if my combination of lead-free solder and iron is the problem, but I do know this current set-up is not working right.
To further help describe my problem I have just taken a video tonight to show you whats going on and below are a few links which will show you what I am working with.
Soldering Station
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-functio...630&pid=100015&prg=1006&rk=1&sd=140928980814&
Solder
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000L9CVRU/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Flux
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001JGW7GE/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I don't know what could be the cause of even @ 350oC - 400oC temp the iron is still not making the board or wires hot enough for the solder to melt and create a joint.
Oh heres a link to the short video I did.
Starting to think I will never be able to solder now
Any help would be much appreciated