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Re: gEDA-user: Surface mounted circuits in hobby projects
John Luciani <jluciani@xxxxxxxxx>
writes:
> On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 1:40 PM, Csanyi Pal
> <csanyipal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>> One more question.
>>
>> I tried to desolder a SMD component, a capacitor with solder remover
>> wick (copper braid), and it's very hard to do it.
>
> How big a cap?
1206s
> I desolder caps 603s, 805s and 1206s by wicking all of the solder of one
> side and then heating the other side while applying a small sideways pressure
> with the tip of the iron. The ceramic has small enough mass so that the solder
> on both sides should be molten enough to enable you to sheer the cap off the
> board without damaging the pads.
>
> (* jcl *)
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Regards, Paul Csanyi
http://www.freewebs.com/csanyi-pal/index.htm
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