MOTM

jwbarlow@... writes:

>>Wasn't it you that was having trouble with a soldering iron continually 
burning out tips maybe a year ago? Maybe this problem is related to that 
(over voltage or something similar).<<

Yep, that was me.  But I bought a Weller solder station based on people's 
recommendations and that is what I used to build about 2/3 of my modules.  It 
works beautifully and the tips don't disintegrate.  But it still causes those 
problems when soldering to switches.  I keep the temperature dial set just to 
the right of the 12:00 position.  I don't know what temperature that equates 
to.  But I have learned how to solder the switches to prevent the problems 
now.

When I solder IC's I usually just solder a couple of pins, say upper left and 
lower right on one IC, then move to the next IC.  Then I circle back and do 
another couple of pins.  This helps prevent them from getting too hot.

-Elhardt