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MrBungle · 11th Dec 2017, 8:51 pm

I’ve entirely stopped using them now after about 20 years. Turns out lots of little blobs of solder make an appearance when you rearm it and then fall out on the board you are working on. This recently caused the magic smoke to come out of a TSSOP package for me. Took me a while to see it but a piece had actually got under the legs of the package.

Straight in the bin. Chemtronics wick only now.

11th Dec 2017, 8:51 pm	#4
MrBungle Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: London, UK. Posts: 3,687	Re: Solder suckers (AKA desoldering tools). I’ve entirely stopped using them now after about 20 years. Turns out lots of little blobs of solder make an appearance when you rearm it and then fall out on the board you are working on. This recently caused the magic smoke to come out of a TSSOP package for me. Took me a while to see it but a piece had actually got under the legs of the package. Straight in the bin. Chemtronics wick only now.