Soldering Temp

ronman · Post by **ronman** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 4:57 pm

What temperature do you guys solder at. I recently bought a used soldering station that has a temperature readout and was wondering.

NickC · Post by **NickC** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 5:06 pm

My station is set at 650 degrees F.

JazzGuitarGimp · Post by **JazzGuitarGimp** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 5:16 pm

I run mine at 700F most of the time. I'll push it up to as much as 800F if I am soldering something large and having a difficult time with it.

Gaz · Post by **Gaz** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 5:38 pm

selloutrr · Post by **selloutrr** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 5:50 pm

740F with a precision fine tip.
960F on the rework station

vibratoking · Post by **vibratoking** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 5:55 pm

As low as I can to comfortably get the job done...650 for me with the solder I use. If I have to push up the temp I MIGHT, but I also am aware that I can do damage and that I am probably using the wrong iron or tip for the job at that point.

tribi9 · Post by **tribi9** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 6:49 pm

Structo · Post by **Structo** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 7:17 pm

Are we talking lead based solder?

60/40 or 63/37?

I use the eutectic 63/37 @ around 700F.

Cygnus X1 · Post by **Cygnus X1** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 7:50 pm

737.25

Hakko FX-888 with a precision tip.

60/40 rat shack solder.

rp · Post by rp » Mon Mar 11, 2013 8:51 pm

800F - hot, clean, fast,

My Weller is the bottom line w/o display but it's always maxed. I clean the tip (ETA?) continuously, I move fast. I even do circuit boards like this unless I hit a snag then I might simmer down. Always w/ Kester 44 (.05 for tubes amps) I usually use heat sink clips too. Radio Shack has these small fake copper alligators that are very small and have non serrated jaws.

overtone · Post by **overtone** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 9:49 pm

666 mostly
752 for rework
drop the station down to 300 while picking my nose

Actually, for the solder I use at the moment, that 666 is rather hot:
"Future" cored, no clean, 63/37 tin-lead from Warton Metals in the UK
and WBT-0840 audio fool solder from Germany for anything stubborn or pretty. I'm using the WBT more and more now in fact. Wonderful to use.

Best, tony

Structo · Post by **Structo** » Tue Mar 12, 2013 4:00 pm

I looked up the WBT - 0840.

4% silver but it has a pretty low melting point @ 356F

Not sure I would use that on a tube amp but I'm not sure how hot things get in there.

overtone · Post by **overtone** » Tue Mar 12, 2013 7:16 pm

Tom I had never really thought about that and realize now that I do not even know how hot in °F or °C the leads of some of the resistors may get. I would be surprised if they got that hot, but stand to be corrected.

I really, really did not want to like the WBT solder but it does so well where others just refuse to work.

Best, tony

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