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Article #282Re: Win32/RAMNIT.A Anyone?
From: Steve Fenwick
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2010 07:49
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2010 07:49
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In article <Xns9DC9A7663D490HHI2948AJD832@69.16.185.250>, Dustin <bughunter.dustin@gmail.com> wrote: > Steve Fenwick <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote in > news:nospam-9B8B6B.09575203082010@62-183-169-81.bb.dnainternet.fi: > > > In article <Xns9DC91AB3EABD0HHI2948AJD832@69.16.185.247>, > > Dustin <bughunter.dustin@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> John Slade <hhitman86@pacbell.net> wrote in > >> news:i37va2$e0f$1@news.eternal-september.org: > > > >> > I got my start in electronics and have a background in > >> > that too. I took college courses in electronics and am no > >> > stranger to repairing circuit boards. I'm no stranger to > >> > soldering irons. Well that's what we called them. I used to > >> > repair TVs, radios and such years ago. > >> > >> Odd. I'm familiar with soldering irons as well as pencils, and we > >> typically use the pencils for detail work that the iron generates > >> too much heat for. Irons aren't good for changing out small > >> transistors, IC's or caps due to the risk of damage, and especially > >> these days with a pile of components nearby the one that has to be > >> replaced; a pencil is the only way to safely do it. Lower wattage, > >> less heat. > >> > > > > It might be a regionalism, or a Britishism/Americanism. In over 20 > > years I've never used, or heard used, "soldering pencil" in a lab in > > the U.S., although I am familiar with the term. It's always been > > "soldering iron", whether a giant thing to solder heavy cables, or a > > tool suited to tiny ICs and SMT parts. Metcals are generally the > > best I've seen for small devices; they put a high temperature > > (typically 600 to 700F) into a very very small area very quickly > > (80W output). > > > > Steve > > > > 80watts output would burn an IC up on a wave soldered board... Nope. Use it all the time that way. Melts the solder super-fast, keeps the leads from getting hot. Try one if you get a chance. Steve -- steve <at> w0x0f <dot> com "Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, sidecar in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!"
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