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Re: Resoldering a capsule lead

Subject: Re: Resoldering a capsule lead
From: "umashankar" umashanks
Date: Wed Mar 7, 2012 4:01 am ((PST))
it is not all that dangerous. tin the wire. touch wire to solder pad. apply=
 iron (with a little freshly melted lead on it) and keep it there till the =
lead on the solder pad melts. it will feel like a long time, but it is only=
 a few seconds. more components are damaged by repeated timid attempts, bel=
ieve me.
=A0
umashankar

i have published my poems. you can read (or buy) at http://stores.lulu.com/=
umashankar


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> From: Peter Shute <>
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>Sent: Wednesday, March 7, 2012 1:37 PM
>Subject: [Nature Recordists] Resoldering a capsule lead
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>I've just fitted and wired up 3 of my 4 EM172 capsules. The black lead fel=
l off the 4th capsule.
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>I've heard it's very easy to damage a capsule when soldering leads on. Is =
there a good technique for doing it?
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>I've only got a 25W soldering iron, not temperature controlled. Do I have =
a chance with it, or should I get something better (as I've been meaning to=
 do for 40 years)?
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>I was thinking I would get a molten blob of solder on the end of the wire,=
 then hold it on the capsule terminal without ever touching the capsule wit=
h the iron.
>
>It's only a $10 capsule, but to get another means a two week wait.
>
>Peter Shute
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