Cong asked
5 month ago

If you use a soldering iron with replaceable tips, how often do you replace your soldering iron tip?

 
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  1. Arlette says:

    Clean the tip when it’s cool. Examine it. If it’s pitted, chipped, or not the proper point anymore, replace it. Heat it up. If it doesn’t tin well, replace it. I go thru about 2 or 3 fine tips a year, only because of I’m doing a lot of surface mount soldering, I like having a fresh clean tip. Kinda like sharpening a pencil before starting a new big project. The bigger chisel tips for larger wire hook ups like power connections, I’ve gone thru maybe 3 of those over the last 20 years

  2. Pierre says:

    I always buy the nicer soldering irons with true various tips. But because I don’t solder very often, I can never find it when I need it. So I end up buying a new one.

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