[sdiy] Two really dumb questions re Schaeffer and soldering

[patchell]

Jim Johnson wrote:

> .. so as I sit here waiting for CVS to download a huge project over my
> IDSL line, I decide to use the time "productively" to get the answers to a
> few things that have been bugging me..
>
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> 2) Here's a soldering question. I haven't done any serious DIY since my
> Paia days many decades ago, but one bit of advice I remember from the Paia
> manuals was to always heat-sink semiconductors when soldering them. This is
> a royal pain in the ass, and tremendously impractical. Is it really
> necessary?

    In my opinion, no.  If you have a temperature controlled iron with an
adequate amount of heat, it should only take one or two seconds to solder a
connection, and that won't be enough time for significant temp build up
inside.  It also helps if every thing is nice and clean and shiney.

>
>
> TIA
>
> Jim Johnson
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 -Jim
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