In Reply to: I'm with c-J on this one. posted by Ray Moth on January 25, 2007 at 14:57:00:
Hi.Who needs any cooling for point-to-point tube soldering. Not even for s junior student in its first soldering project.
But for multi-pin SMDs, like simple bipolars, let alone OP-amp chips,
We got to take more precaution. After all, nobody else will pays for one's mistake.I can challenge whoever who claims to have tons of soldering experience (on tube stuffs maybe) can be damn sure not risking damaging the MULI-pin sand devices without cooling.
This is thermal physics. I would not 100% rely on self-acclaimed
soldering skill.Likewise, even a very experienced rope-walking acrobat would need safty net.
My question to those nay-sayers: how many SMDs they have soldered in the last 12 months?
FYI, I am currently upgrading a SS phonostage where desoldering & soldering is needed to replace all the resistors to 1% MF non-inductive & caps to tantanium. Can anyone here tell me by one's so claimed tons of soldering experience alone can saftguards the semi-conductor SMDs????
Talk big to newbies. But not me. Pal.
c-J
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- YES, your experience really proves who's "lack of pratice". . - cheap-Jack 07:57:21 01/26/07 (0)