Thanks, Tony
I hadn't though of that. That would be a lot easier. It's a small blue leaded cap labeled 104K X7R100. It looks like 0.1 inch lead spacing.
Bill Dumke WB5TCO
509 15th Ave
Green Bay, WI 54303
Thanks a bunch!
Bill
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Hi Bill,
Just cut the capacitor off the board and I will send you a free replacement. I use a stainless steel needle I got out my wife's sewing stuff to clear plated through holes as I apply heat with the soldering iron.
73,
Tony KB9YIG
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Dumke" <billd@...>
To: <softrock40@...>
Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 9:08 PM
Subject: [softrock40] Desoldering
I am looking for suggestions on how to desolder and remove a leaded
capacitor I soldered in the wrong place on the SoftRock 40. One
suggestion a friend of mine gave me was to use plenty of solder and
plenty of rosin. I had tried to remove it using my digital controlled
iron set at 650 degrees F, but I couldn't get the solder to melt
properly on the component side of the board. He said that was because I
didn't have enough heat conduction to the other side because I didn't
have enough solder in the hole to do that. And also I needed to set the
iron to a higher temperature, like 700 or 800 degrees. (I was trying
to use some 1/8 " solder wick to draw it out, but wasn't very successful.)
Does anyone know the maximum temperature that can be applied to a plated
through hole in this PC board? I don't want to damage the plated
through hole.
Bill WB5TCO
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