2. tech-talk
  3. 1131024317

Do you need a special soldering iron?

I was thinking about doing some minor swapping of resistors and caps on an old integrated amplifier. Is there anything special that I need? I'm going to replace the items with the same values but just better parts. I have a craftsman soldering iron with a few different tips and a multimeter. I think I need to get a solder-sucker and a glue gun to hot-glue the parts back into place.

If I'm just replacing with just better parts, do I need the schematics?

Thanks for any advice,
Mike
vman71

Showing 1 response by rannagarden

rannagarden
44 posts
 
I don´t think so. Use appropriate tip. Maybe a solder-sucker to clean things up a bit before resoldering the new parts.

If only replacing with same value/higher quality, no schematics should be necessary.

Be careful and pay attention(!) to what you are doing (not reversing the polarity of caps - if that is being replaced etc.).

Moderate use of hot-glue. If any.

Best,
Mike
More to discover