Let me know if you have an suggestions in the sucker tool department. I once had success with the tube of a large plastic solder sucker hitched up to a vacuum cleaner. Caps have two legs and multilayer boards are difficult to desolder. Position the board side ways and solder tip on one cap pad fingers on cap body and slowly work the cap's legs out of
On 23/10/2017 23:51, David C. Rankin wrote: the holes. When you've finished you need to suck the solder from the holes, tin the holes first so the solder melts easily. Apply too much heat and you'll break the through hole. Tug on the capacitor when the solder isn't melted properly and you'll break the through hole. I had an oryx solder sucker once that I consider the best I've ever used, expensive desoldering stations with built in vacuum and temperature controlled tips also work fine. A heat gun is good for stripping boards of their components if you don't mind breaking the pcb. Dave P -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org