How To Make My Soldering Iron Hotter

Can I modify my 120v 30a soldering iron to be hotter.

How to make my soldering iron hotter. You can use your fingers to put the new tip on but will need the plyers again to tighten the nut. This particular model here offers an adjustment knob that we. The iron should be off when you do this but there is no need to deliberately cool it.

When cold soldering the opposite approach needs to be taken. Irons will not get that hot. The idea is to heat the metal parts not the solder.

Whether its your childs electrical toys or circuit boards in a production facility that you solder the wise thing to do after unboxing a new soldering iron is to tin its tip to protect it from oxidation. Heres the ballpark temperatures I use note that I am by no means an expert so Im sure someone will come along and correct me. You cant do that with Weller or any good brand soldering iron tips but the Industa tips were cheap things made of iron plated copper.

To use the Tip tinnercleaner heat the soldering iron. In this case soldering iron coil wire will. Typically up to like 350deg C is.

Then allow the solder to touch the heated components. Roughly speaking the increase in tip temperature above ambient temperature will be directly proportional to the power watts being consumed. Get a soldering sponge which looks like this.

Doing this first will take care of any mild buildup and help you discern in a safe way whether the tip is still too warm to touch with bare hands. For tiny SMD soldering I put in a small tip and drop the temperature to 330C. Wipe the iron off with a damp cellulose and sulfur-free sponge.