soldering "thoughts/tips"?

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I've been doing a lot of tube construction lately and found that using a larger wattage gun (100-150 watts) enables me to make better connections that my 30 watt (or so) pencil iron. The higher temperature seems to "eat through" corrosion/oxidation on the NOS tube socket pins and components (even after cleaning them as best I could) leaving a beautiful, "bright" joint.
Thoughts/Comments???
Charles King

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Topic - soldering "thoughts/tips"? - stellavox 05:22:09 03/20/06 (2)

I too use my 100/130-Watt gun rather than a 30-Watt pencil iron. - jeffreybehr 08:48:06 03/20/06 (0)

Re: soldering "thoughts/tips"? - Slick 06:02:09 03/20/06 (0)

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