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I've never had much luck with the suckers. Which one do you use?
by kayson 3y ago
I've never had much luck with the suckers. Which one do you use?
- buescher 3y agoThe soldapullt worked fine for me. That said: when mine went missing over 15 years ago, I never got around to replacing it.
- YZF 3y agoYou need to get them right onto the solder joint as you're heating it up. If that plastic tip of the sucker is melting that's usually an indication you're using it the right way ;) e.g. with a DIP part you basically get the sucker over the pin/pad and push it hard against the molten solder so that it's sucking through the through-hole. Like many things with soldering it's an acquired skill. Also having a good temperature controlled soldering iron with an appropriate tip is important.
- jtriangle 2y agoIt was some offbrand I bought from radioshack back in the day. Teflon tip, aluminum tube with a spring in it and an o-ring. Super simple, cheap. The big thing is to get the tip more or less touching the solder you're looking to suck, and if you're on a PCB, make sure you allow it to cool between sucking sessions so you don't lift a pad.