General Question: Iron Temperature

[jeff]

My brother gave me a soldering iron with adjustable temp setting.
In general,
What temp setting do you use?


Thank you.

[bmccowan]

I set mine at 750F for most things. I like to get off the connection quickly.
That's a good Brother.

[Merlin]

Always maximum

I set mine at 750F for most things. I like to get off the connection quickly.

Same for me! Max temp, don't linger.

[shooter]

NASA taught me; one thousand 3
one thousand 1 iron on pad, one thousand 2 solder n iron on pad, one thousand 3 both are off together.


Then they made me solder for 8 hours til I got the technique dialed in. 10% of the class went home after 8 hours, then it was day 2....
the class was 3 weeks, I made it to day 1 week 3, there were 5 people left of the 30 that started when i went home.

[Esquirefreak]

I use between 370°C - 400°C (700°F - 750°F) depending on what I'm working on. Mostly using old 63/37 or 60/40 solder. When working on PCBs I use Multicore LMP (low melting point) at 310°C.

I've also found that when I got my new soldering station (100 watts) the higher wattage helps the tip not to get cooled down by the material. Low wattage irons can't keep the temperature when soldering larger surfaces.

/Max

[AlNewman]

I have a fairly cheap station, but I think it's 65W or so.
I don't go max because it will burn the tip when not in use.
By the reading on the dial, I'm usually around 650 for smaller joints and circuit boards.  I turn it up to 710 when working on turrets or larger stuff.
(judging by the comments here, I bet my iron is out at least 10%)
It's a feel thing.
The main thing is to have fresh solder on the tip and joint as a heat sync.

[AlNewman]

For chassis welds, I have a 100W iron, I'll clean with iso, and use flux, and it's just enough to get a good joint if I massage it a bit.

[ac427v]

900 degrees F and a 3/16 inch wide tip for turrets. I don't like to linger.