Soldering Iron Question

[jay66]

I was just wondering what wattage soldering iron would be good for electronics? My old one died and never seemed hot enough anyway. Iv'e Been looking at the pencil ones and they seem to go from 20 to 60 watts.

[mikhailgtrski]

15-20 watts for electronics. I use this one on the low setting: dual-wattage soldering iron

The damp sponge is handy for keeping the tip clean (important).

[mammoth guitars]

Get a Weller WLC100 its adjustable.

[fookgub]

http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.ph...c=22223&hl=iron

[jay66]

Hey thanks for the info, I'm going to look into an adjustable one and a soldering station. I tryed doing a search and came up with nothing. must have typed the wrong words.

[TeiscosRock]

For unregulated (non-adjustable) I would go with no more than 30, MAYBE 40. I have a Craftsman 30w that i picked up for about 12 bucks and its pretty good.

[oldrocker]

Yes a 25 to 30 watt is best for electric guitar soldering. Esspecially when trying to ground to the mass metel on pots where you need to heat fast. Although I have used a 20 watt with good results. The adjustable 15 watt setting is only good for smaller wiring jobs.

[skatz]

i just bought a $15 25 watt one. it got some bass pups and electronics off my current project pretty quickly and cleanly. i just hope it works this well for longer then a couple of times.

[ansil]

weller sells a complete station for 35usd up to 50 watts, and includes the iron.

i have been using it for over two years

[wardd]

Another good trick is to use an aligator clip as a heat sink when soldering small components like capacitors.

Clip it between the solder joint and the capacitor to bleed off heat.

Good Luck,

d ward

[Daniel Sorbera]

I have a nice weller 30watt and it's been working great for many years.