• Hagdos@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    IR bottom heaters are usually not strong enough for reballing. They’re for boards that are hard to solder, because there’s a lot of copper or a heatsink for example.

    The bottom heater preheats the whole board, not to soldering temperatures but enough to make soldering a lot easier.