In part, it might vary according to the soldering being used. I have some 0.015" solder that literally evaporates with the temp as low as 325. I regularly use 0.022" 62/36/2 solder from Radio Shack.
When I use it, my iron is around 385. If I'm using solder paste, I run the air gun a little hotter than that. I also find a magnifying headset invaluable, as well as an "elbow" set of tweezers.
For resistors and caps, I lightly tin one pad, move the SMD onto the pads, touch the tinned pad with the iron, using the elbow tweezers to hold it in place. A second or two later, I solder the other pad. Piece of cake even for an old person.
Jack, W8
On Tuesday, October 12, 2021, 09:30:29 PM EDT, Paul Jensen via groups.io <wkend_traveler@...> wrote:
On Tue, Oct 12, 2021 at 07:51 AM, Jack, W8TEE wrote:
Our T41-EP uses 1206 SMDs on all boards.
What is the best temperature to use for soldering these 1206 SMD parts?? I have a temperature controlled solder station and set it exactly.
Just got the TSW board a few days ago and soldered the first SMD capacitor on the board.
