Well. still progressing with fixing my old board, decided it would be good practice to work on this one before attempting the solonoid driver board or any others.
I have all the components stripped of the rectifier board, done a lot of desoldering, worn out two tips on my solder sucker, don't think I'm doing anything wrong, maybe the tip quality is not what it should be.
I got some de-soldering wick the other day, this stuff is great but having a small problem with it today.
When I first tried the de-soldering wick it heated up nice, you could see the flux becoming hot and melting, then the old solder would flow nicely to the braid and everything looked nice and clean
However the latest attempt with the wick seemed much less successful, I held the soldering iron on the braid, waited while the heat transferred to the solder and melted it, but the solder just refused to stick to the braid. The flux on the braid didn't seem to heat up and melt like it first did so I'm just wondering if I need to add some flux to the braid to make it work again, and if so what sort of flux should I use.
Any suggestions???
