Question about ur soldering irons

**9HOMERSIMPSON9** · 02-02-2004,05:04 PM

Whats everyones ideal size for the
tip of the soldering iron when chipping the
PS2???

Blessed · 02-02-2004,05:11 PM

0.1mm if I'm not mistaken.

gemat · 02-02-2004,06:52 PM

I use a 11watt, 0,5mm iron. Its ideal for all versions except V3s and V9 if you intent to solder directly on the CD/DVD controler IC (recomented). For that I would prefer a 0,3mm.

I think 0,1mm tip is way too small for most jobs. It cant transfer enough heat to the solder...

**ShadowKnyght** · 02-02-2004,07:01 PM

0.4mm here!

0.2mm is nice but anything smaller than 0.3 and you loose heat very quickly from the tip.

But I must say a 0.2mm tip would be nice when working with chip legs.

**9HOMERSIMPSON9** · 02-02-2004,07:34 PM

THX everyone,

Shadowknyght how much do u charge too
post to IRELAND???

America and Ireland are close enough to each other!!!

thx

s15 · 02-02-2004,08:36 PM

I have the Goot soldering pencil as shown on shadow's page, it's 13w and with 0.2mm tip. I have found that it does lose heat very quickly, and sometimes i have troubles melting "larger" blobs of solder?.. is there something wrong with the tip/iron? I follow the process of keeping the tip tinned, but it still has troubles?..

**messiahfan2003** · 02-03-2004,12:04 AM

I have a 15 watt antex with a 0.12mm tip that I havent really used. I also have a 25-40 watt RadioShack Iron also.

MackIII · 02-03-2004,01:17 AM

Originally posted by messiahfan2003
I also have a 25-40 watt RadioShack Iron also.

Well that ought to start a Fire

**ShadowKnyght** · 02-03-2004,01:24 AM

hey Gemat - I must have had my browser open for a while before posting - we said virtually the same thing without knowing about the others post <oops>

**homegrown** · 02-03-2004,01:26 AM

I like .38 and .8 mm best (1/64 and 1/32). I use a hotter iron as well on the larger joins like power and ground.

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