MOTM

At 5:06 AM +0000 4/29/03, strohs56k wrote:
>--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "strohs56k" <strohs@e...> wrote:
>>
>  > In my experience, the desoldering technique Moe suggests usually
>>  works best - sacrifice the component, not the PCB. (In other words,
>>  first remove the component by clipping the leads on the component
>>  side [...]
>
>Just one more thing - this technique (obviously) doesn't work with
>components where you can't get at the leads on the component side of
>the PCB.  (Things like radial electrolytic capacitors, PCB mounted
>pots, etc. where the leads are hidden under the component.)  With such
>components, you are stuck with trying to get the solder out with the
>component in place.

That was the case with the 700 -- radial can and a pot.

>If you end up with a component where just one lead refuses to break
>loose, often you can reapply solder to just that one pad and pull the
>component out while that pad is still hot.  (Often the difficult lead
>is the one with a heavy ground or power connection where the extra
>copper is sucking away heat from the joint.)  It should be easy to
>clean out that last pad once the component is gone.

Thanks for all your advice :)