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Soldering iron for MiniOSD V1.1

Posted by Jerry Hatrick on January 12, 2013 at 5:36pm

Hi guys, quick question about soldering up the connections on my new Minimosd I ordered from 3DR. I have almost zero solder skill (I get my GF to do most of the soldering), and have realised that although my APM 2.5 is fully put together, the MinimOSD needs some soldering to connect things to it. Currently  I have this soldering iron:

http://www.bunnings.com.au/products_product_soldering-iron-craftright-60w-7pce-soldering-kit_P5910149.aspx?search=solder&searchType=any&searchSubType=products

Would this be suitable to solder the circuit board? I usually only solder batter connections and wires together. My girlfriend thinks I need to get thinner tips, I read somewhere that 60W is too powerful for a circuit board. Ideally I would love to just pay someone to do it, its only a 5 minute job and i doesn't seem worth getting a new soldering iron for. I live in Melbourne, Australia, so any help, suggestions, advice and/or places to get this sorted would be most welcome.

Cheers.

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  • james sowell January 13, 2013 at 7:23am

    I need a magnifying glass to see it,  there are a lot of utube videos that help

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    Mark Colwell January 12, 2013 at 11:14pm

    Check the auto and tools section at local 1$ store....

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    Mark Colwell January 12, 2013 at 5:44pm

    That one is a bit too big for fine work, but just wrap a short length of 12 or 14 gauge solid copper wire around and form a small tip. This is the best size iron for Dean's and XT60 power connectors. Cheers

  • james sowell January 12, 2013 at 5:43pm

    take the hit and let gf do it just dont tell anyone she will take care of that ;)

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