I did mine at 325C with the legs clipped. No problem. On Sat, Mar 14, 2020 at 3:34 PM Josh Malone <josh.mal...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm replying to this question on-list since it seems relevant. I use an 80 > watt desoldering vacuum gun (one of the common "ZD" types) set to about > 325C for just about all of my lead-based desoldering work. I'll > occasionally have to go up to ~350 or 360 but that's pretty rare. As > others have commented, you can also snip the battery legs to remove some of > the thermal mass and make desoldering easier -- but I would make sure you > have small, pointy cutters for that to avoid damaging the board with the > cutters themselves. > > -Josh > > > >> at what temperature do you prefer to hit those big solder joints on the >> battery? I'd like to minimize the potential for board damage. >> >>
