moody07747
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OK so last year I burned up a good soldering gun by using it for too long....I ended up getting a cheap 40W radioshack soldering iron after that.
Here's my problem...from the start that I remember the tip would only heat up in 2 small spots and so I kept using those small/big spots this whole time.
My pic shows my tip as of now...the spots that get hot are at the middle (big) and at the tip (small) they are silverish...
Anyways...these spots....mainly the big spot are starting to get eaten away somehow...it seems to get worse every time I use the iron
Why is this happening?
and
Is there anything special your supposed to do to a soldering tip when its new?
the eaten spots are the only spots that will melt the solder...every other spot on the tip is "stone cold"
Here's my problem...from the start that I remember the tip would only heat up in 2 small spots and so I kept using those small/big spots this whole time.
My pic shows my tip as of now...the spots that get hot are at the middle (big) and at the tip (small) they are silverish...
Anyways...these spots....mainly the big spot are starting to get eaten away somehow...it seems to get worse every time I use the iron
Why is this happening?
and
Is there anything special your supposed to do to a soldering tip when its new?
the eaten spots are the only spots that will melt the solder...every other spot on the tip is "stone cold"
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