[TechAssist] Re: 1 pound roll solder, 50 feet of chem wick

Just returned from NPSC in Orlando, trying to catch up.
You just needed some instruction.  My pencils have switches on the hand 
piece (well, most of them) but you were using much too much heat.

Wayne Vanaman
Omega Electronics
6904 W Fairfield Dr
Pensacola, Fl.  32506-3310

Wayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
WWW.PensacolaTVRepair.Com

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Electric Medic wrote:
> Wayne: I tried those desolder stations one time, it was a Pace. It was blue
> with a foot pedal and all. Had a long clear hose that ran up to the tool. I
> was not coordinated enough to use it. I tried and tried to work that
> contraption, I was running solder all over the board. I couldn't suck and
> heat at the same time. I would suck after the solder was cool or vice versa.
> I would melt the plastic tip so the hole was to big then it would slurp up
> chip components. I wouldn't even try it on those tiny areas where those chip
> components are everywhere. I remember using it on a tuner that I replaced on
> some brand and I sucked up a chip resistor and I almost never figured out
> what was wrong with that set. Plus, I couldn't use it on service calls. I
> know I waste a lot of wick especially on flybacks, I must have 6" of the
> stuff hanging with solder on it taking out a flyback, but I am used to it.
> 
> Perry Bower
> Electric Medic
> "It's Cheaper to Keep Her"
> http://www.electricmedic.com
> 3850 Washington Road  Suite 4C
> Martinez, Georgia 30907
> Phone: 706-8MEDIC4  (863-3424)
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Wayne Vanaman
> Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 10:49 AM
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> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: 1 pound roll solder, 50 feet of chem wick
> 
> 
> Hey Perry, buy a desolder station.
> I put the date on a 50 foot roll of chem wick when I opened it: 26 june
> 2001.  I finished that roll off on 26 June 2005.  Four years.
> 
> Not only will you spend less on chem wik, desoldering is faster with a
> desolder station.  I spend about a dollar a month on filters. Much
> cheaper than chem wik.  It takes about two seconds to desolder a joint,
> and no damage to the board.
> 
> If I used two rolls of solder wik a month, 2x$10=$20 $20x48 months=
> $960.  I bought my solder station for about $1500 in 1993.  That would
> be 144 months times $20 = $2880 minus the $1500= over $1300 savings,
> plus the time saved.  My solder station was paid for long, long ago.
> 
> Wayne Vanaman
> Omega Electronics
> 6904 W Fairfield Dr
> Pensacola, Fl.  32506-3310
> 
> Wayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> WWW.PensacolaTVRepair.Com
> 
> 850-456-5995 voice
> 850-458-6369 fax
> 
> 
> Electric Medic wrote:
> 
>>Is that correct? 18 Month's for one roll of solder? I never thought about
> 
> it
> 
>>and I am not sure how long it takes me to go through a roll. I use off
> 
> rolls
> 
>>everywhere, one in my toolbox, one in the truck, and one on each bench. I
>>know my wife bought about 20 rolls of the stuff sitting up there on the
>>shelf. I think the parts salesperson talks us into a roll every time we
>>order parts. That will probably last me 30 years. Hey, I finally was
>>good-newsed, I won't have to by solder again. I can retire on what I have.
> 
> I
> 
>>wish the wick would last that long. I must go through those 50' foot white
>>round ones in 2 weeks.
>>
>>Perry Bower
>>Electric Medic
>>"It's Cheaper to Keep Her"
>>http://www.electricmedic.com
>>3850 Washington Road  Suite 4C
>>Martinez, Georgia 30907
>>Phone: 706-8MEDIC4  (863-3424)
>>Phone: 706-863-3474
>>Fax: 706-863-2316
>>mailto:info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>>
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