Are you using the skillet for surface mount or through hole?

Brian Kraut
Engineering Alternatives, Inc.
www.engalt.com 

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From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu]On Behalf
Of Forrest W. Christian
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 11:45 PM
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
Subject: Re: [EE] Small-Production PCB Manufacturer Experiences.


Brian Kraut wrote:

>What temp do you set your solder pot for with 63/37 leaded solder?  I just
>started using one and I don't know what the ideal temp is yet.
>  
>
Hot.

In reality, I have no good way to measure it, since the solder pot is 
really a $5 thrift store electric skillet with the thermostat munged so 
it goes higher than originally intended.   An IR thermometer doesn't do 
any good on the solder...the thermometer can't get a reading.  Although 
it just occurs to me that the outside of the skillet might work just as 
well.

I'm firing up the pot later tonight so I'll see if I can take a 
reading.  I also just ended up with a DMM with a type-K thermocouple so 
I'll try that as well.

-forrest
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