On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 01:48:40PM -0700 I heard the voice of Fred Jensen, and lo! it spake thus: > On 4/15/2011 12:16 PM, Wayne Conrad wrote: > > > I've got a new temperature controlled soldering station, but it's > > 60W. I ordered 60W in case I'm ever forced to use lead-free > > solder (I understand that it takes more "oomf"). The manual says > > that any more than 40W and I can damage the board. > > I don't think you'll have a problem so long as you keep the temp set > not less than one, not more than 3 seconds. For my K2 using a > Weller WES51, that turned out to be 750 deg.
Yeah, 700-750 is usually the rule of thumb. 60 watt will be fine; the temperature control is what matters. Over 40 watt irons that _aren't_ temperature controlled can be dangerous just because they get too hot. With the control, it's fine; better to be higher wattage actually, since it'll heat up and hold the desired temp better. -- Matthew Fuller, N3TZJ <n3...@n3tzj.org> ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
