Hiya,
I recently got a soldering iron kit for simple electronics work. After using it one evening, the tip was clearly damaged. After using it a second time it had clearly been "eaten" away further, I'm guessing where the blob of solder had been resting:-
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(Damaged tip at top with unused one for comparison. It's now in a worse state, as I've used it again).
Being relatively inexperienced in soldering, I assume that this was my fault, but what could have caused this? The only thing I could think of is that acid-core solder can damage the tip if not removed, but the kit was marked for electronics work (which acid core isn't suitable for) so it's unlikely they supplied that type of solder anyway.
Any ideas? Thanks.
- Maxifig
I recently got a soldering iron kit for simple electronics work. After using it one evening, the tip was clearly damaged. After using it a second time it had clearly been "eaten" away further, I'm guessing where the blob of solder had been resting:-
**broken link removed**
(Damaged tip at top with unused one for comparison. It's now in a worse state, as I've used it again).
Being relatively inexperienced in soldering, I assume that this was my fault, but what could have caused this? The only thing I could think of is that acid-core solder can damage the tip if not removed, but the kit was marked for electronics work (which acid core isn't suitable for) so it's unlikely they supplied that type of solder anyway.
Any ideas? Thanks.
- Maxifig