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Offline psp339

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My Soldering Iron
« on: January 17, 2008, 02:29:45 PM »
My soldering iron turned brownish after 3 days of use. Is this normal or is something wrong? and it seems to not work as well as it used to.
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Re: My Soldering Iron
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2008, 02:31:58 PM »
Normal, also this has nothing to do with PSPs does it?

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Re: My Soldering Iron
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2008, 02:48:09 PM »
i use it to mod psps.
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Re: My Soldering Iron
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2008, 05:29:07 PM »
after 3 days? wth ahah mine turns brown the first time use it
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Re: My Soldering Iron
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2008, 05:43:29 PM »
that happens to be heat

believe it or not thats what soldering irons do, they heat up
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Re: My Soldering Iron
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2008, 08:24:00 PM »
it won't work as well if you don't keep the tip clean. I tin the tip(melt some solder on it) after I'm done soldering. It helps keep the tip clean and it'll heat up faster for next time.
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Re: My Soldering Iron
« Reply #6 on: January 18, 2008, 01:34:17 AM »
just clean the tip, don't care about further up on the psp
you could of course not clean the tip, but it is easier to solder with a clean tip
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Re: My Soldering Iron
« Reply #7 on: January 18, 2008, 01:48:12 AM »
That's common with metals that have been exposed to heat for a long period of time.  My soldering iron looks the same, my dads is brown the entire way.

Nothing new happening there.  Don't worry it's normal.
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Re: My Soldering Iron
« Reply #8 on: January 18, 2008, 08:23:00 AM »
its called point of decalation,look at a motorbike exhaust or a circular saw blade,its the exact same,it happens to loads of things
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Re: My Soldering Iron
« Reply #9 on: January 18, 2008, 05:07:51 PM »
I think i need a new tip. right now the tip seems like its been melted and the small tip is gone.
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Re: My Soldering Iron
« Reply #10 on: January 29, 2008, 10:36:31 AM »
this and oxidation are common in soldering irons
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Re: My Soldering Iron
« Reply #11 on: February 21, 2008, 05:32:02 PM »
yep, yours actually looks super clean compared to mine. :tup:
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Re: My Soldering Iron
« Reply #12 on: February 25, 2008, 10:17:42 PM »
Quote from: TimmyDX on January 17, 2008, 05:43:29 PM
that happens to be heat

believe it or not thats what soldering irons do, they heat up
lol  :rofl: i was sure it worked by teleporting the solder... i have been proved wrong lol.
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