RGH Soldering iron temperature?

[triquetrium]

Hi,

Now I openly admit to possessing more money than sense, that's not to say I'm rich, more seriously deficient in sense!

Treated myself to a solder station as got a few of these RGH to do and I like owning gadgets and tools so was just wondering if anyone has any advice on appropriate temperature to use, found with my old cheaper soldering iron 15W took a very long time to heat and melt the solder and 30W could sometimes be a little fierce so hoping I'll have a little more control with this.

Thanks chaps, know as always I can rely on those here for some sensible advice.

 

[playingmax]

15w is all u need!.

 

[sick360mods]

i would get a Adjustable temperature Sodering iron

 

[Goldensavage]

I've got a 20w soldering iron. non adjustable. Never had any probs with it. Never lifted pads or nothing.

Got a few small tip angled heads for those special jobs.

 

[MOCAMBO]

Really depends on your skill, I got an adjustable 15-60w, I usually have it around 30w and it makes it nice and quick and never botched any jobs so far.

 

[ccNick]

I use a 30w iron for JTAG and RGH mods, never had any trouble at 350c.

 

[FastX]

I use 30w too for RGH. And i have never had problems with it

 

[mousey01]

I also use a 30w soldering iron set to approx 340c and i have never had a problem, the key to good soldering is the ample use of flux i think.

 

[Avinitlarge]

Mine is set to 350 but I often set it to 450 when removing the front USB tower

 

[triquetrium]

Yeah a lot of people seem to recommend a 15W iron but mine, and it may well be faulty, takes an awful long time to heat the solder to melting point, even if I let it warm up for 15 minutes first, seemed much worse when I fitted a smaller tip to do the finer stuff, I'm assuming because there was less heat contained by the iron, although I understand the temperature may well have been the same. My 30W works quite well for the larger points but the tip is a little agricultural for the finer points and I'll be damned if I can find any smaller replacement tips for the thing. So decided to buy a decent versatile iron as I'm getting into this modding stuff, it's a great hobby and I like owning decent tools, never know when they might come in handy!

Thanks for the replies fellas, seems 340-350 is the range to set it at.

 

[Avinitlarge]

My Aoyue takes second to heat up.

 

[triquetrium]

My Aoyue takes second to heat up.

That's good to hear as I've treated myself to the 937+ :biggrin:

 

[dannyperez]

30w iron, perfect for 360 soldering.