How To Select Soldering Iron Tips

The range of soldering irons is vast and one look at our selection of soldering stations will no doubt prove the point.

How to select soldering iron tips. Most soldering guns are vastly overpowered for electronics soldering and can easily overheat components or expose them to harmful voltages. The tip type is determined by the soldering iron it is used on. Determine the size if its too small there will not be enough heat transfer and if it is too large you could damage the board.

The choice depends primarily on the size of the workpieces and the joints as they pre-define the size of the iron tip and the required heat output. First things first. There are even tips that are a permanent part of a replaceable elementtip assembly.

Select a Soldering Iron. Avoid using an extension cord. Most soldering irons have interchangeable tips thus enabling you to switch to another tip.

Most soldering irons have the ability to use interchangeable tips meaning that you can usually switch out the tip and use. The Weller soldering iron range is extensive and knowing what to use and when can seem daunting with these tips and our new web tools and selection guides we can help to remove the guess work. There are endless varieties of specialized tips designed for specific jobs even if they arent soldering relatedFor example this spade tip is used to scrape UV glue off of LCD glass.

Wattage temperature and the tip of the soldering iron. But which soldering iron is best for which use. Do not touch the soldering iron as the temperature of a regular soldering iron is in between 200-480C.

Determine the type based on whether you wish to do detailed work general-purpose soldering or drag soldering. When selecting a soldering tip or desoldering nozzle you want to consider the size or area of the pad in which the tip or nozzle will be making contact. Joined Dec 20 2007.