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Hi Bob,
I don't think you would want to use 200 watts to solder smd's with, 15 watts is more than enough. I have Weller station and my dial is calibrated in temp not watts. I keep it about 600 degress unless I'm trying to solder to a large ground plane. I like to have a iron a little on the hot side it puts less stress on the parts by flowing solder faster and getting off quicker than to slowely heat things up. Check your iron I can't believe it is 200 watts.
73, Bill N7OQ 

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "AD5VJ  Bob" <rtnmi@...> wrote:
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> I am trying to establish what temperature I should use for my SMD parts soldering. My Iron is a Weller and has temperature not
> wattage readout.
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> As I understand it the wattage should be around 200 for smd parts. What temp F does that correlate to?
> 
> Bob AD5VJ
>