Electronics Advice

[meow2222]

dont push it then, its not hard

NT

[Johny B Good]

Well, perhaps I was being a bit too harsh. My re-use of recovered caps with pre-cut leads blindsided me to the possibility of utilising the very long lead wires on brand new capacitors to good effect in your proposed technique. My apologies for jumping to a false conclusion.

I've used that technique myself when I've had the luxury of long leaded brand new caps so I really should have known better than to have made such an unwarranted assumption. :-(

[meow2222]

l warn that getting such capacitors out, clearing the pcb holes of solder a nd getting a new one in is not that easy with modern solders and multilayer boards.

removing the offending items, and in the end, with much trepidation, I had to drill the pcb holes clear of solder, having got all but a modern desolde ring station.

component lead sinks in nicely. Its strange to see people making a pain in the ass job for themselves that simply doesn't need doing.

I use it with short lead stuff, its a lot easier than with long leads that bend about.

I once worked for a guy that wanted me to clear out all holes perfectly wit h wick, sucker etc, before fitting a new component. Needless to say it was a huge waste of time, once he wasnt looking I ditched the wick et al and di d the job in a small fraction of the time.

Soldering's a funny topic, there's a lot of received wisdom, and not all of it is wise.

NT

[whisky-dave]

are we still talking about electronics.

[Johny B Good]

If this is all it takes to trigger your "Double Entendre" detector, then I offer you fair warning to brace yourself for the following list of expressions taken from the world of computing of thirty years ago.

Standalone Firmware, Debugger, 5 1/4 inch floppy, byte and nybble.

Not a comprehensive list but it's all I could recall off the top of my head. :-)

[Vir Campestris]

I have a bit of rubber tube on the end of mine. Soaks up the recoil, and doesn't melt the way the nozzles do.

OTOH it does pong a bit when hot...

Andy

[Vir Campestris]

And of course 3.5 inch discs were known as stiffies...

Andy

[fred]

Yep, that would work, I have a few Hellerman sleeves here that would do the job for that, thanks.

[D.M.Chapman]

Bit late, but would

be any use? I've found bitsbox to be great for random small items - reasonable postage (and fast).

Checkout their ebay store as well - can be cheaper (depends)

No connection beyond a happy customer :-)

Cheers,

Darren