Hi everyone, another newbie here!
I haven't used a soldering iron in 20 years, but suddenly I got an urge to start playing with electronics again. I bought a Hakko 936 iron, some nice 60/40 solder, etc., plus some educational kits to play with. Well, I got a hang of a regular solder join pretty fast, however I came across a kit where the board has a mix of normal and huge traces. One of the traces takes 1/4 of the board. And I can't seem to solder anything there. I heat up the board and the leg of a given part for 3-4 seconds, then apply solder, but unless I touch the solder tip itself with the solder, it doesn't want to melt, and it's just a big mess...
So, my question is - is there a trick to doing this right? Should I use a higher temperature? I have been using 600F, and it works fine for normal traces... I'm afraid of keeping the iron on longer, or using a much higher temp...
Thanks!
I haven't used a soldering iron in 20 years, but suddenly I got an urge to start playing with electronics again. I bought a Hakko 936 iron, some nice 60/40 solder, etc., plus some educational kits to play with. Well, I got a hang of a regular solder join pretty fast, however I came across a kit where the board has a mix of normal and huge traces. One of the traces takes 1/4 of the board. And I can't seem to solder anything there. I heat up the board and the leg of a given part for 3-4 seconds, then apply solder, but unless I touch the solder tip itself with the solder, it doesn't want to melt, and it's just a big mess...
So, my question is - is there a trick to doing this right? Should I use a higher temperature? I have been using 600F, and it works fine for normal traces... I'm afraid of keeping the iron on longer, or using a much higher temp...
Thanks!