New hotair soldering station !! - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / beginners

author: lordvader88
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 07, 2018, 07:56:58 pm
content: I finally bought a hotair station, I got a Yihua 858D from ebay and it works great. So far I desoldered some random PCBs I've collected over the last few years from printers/etc. So I have a small collection of random SMD parts for once.I'll have to open it up and check the internals of it, but I'm very pleased. De-soldered some ram chips no problem, now I have to replace a 48 or 64pin micro-controller from a DSO138 scope. I gave up trying with my iron.

author: JS
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 07, 2018, 09:01:41 pm
content: I have to get one of those, desoldering with the iron sucks!JS

author: IDEngineer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 09, 2018, 08:42:39 pm
content: The 858 series is rebranded by many different sellers. I have one as a cheap source of concentrated heat, and while it works acceptably be aware of a couple of things.1) Crack it open and check your incoming line cord. There are reports of the neutral lead being the switched side, which means the hot side is energizing components 100% of the time... not good.2) While it's open, check the earth ground coming in on the line cord. Mine was kinda sorta held against a painted surface, definitely not a ground to which I'd trust my life. I sanded the paint away and used a toothed solderable lug to insure a solid safety ground.3) My 15YO son had the thing turn into a flamethrower while he was working on one of his racing quadracopters. I wasn't there but he said it just suddenly caught fire in his hand, and with the fan blowing behind it he had a nice little flamethrower going. Replacement handpieces are available on eBay for <$15 but required some sleuthing and reverse engineering as the wire colors didn't match between the two wands. Has worked flawlessly since I replaced the handpiece.I'd still keep one on the bench, but just remember you'd not getting what you didn't pay for.

author: GigaJoe
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 09, 2018, 09:06:46 pm
content: the next thing would be YIHUA948day and night desoldering something though hole, like connector or PDIP14

author: Francesco Gozzo
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: June 11, 2018, 11:23:19 am
content: i was thinking of getting a yihua station for general desoldering, are there any other best alternative brands or yihua models for a beginner?

author: GreyWoolfe
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 11, 2018, 11:48:17 am
content: Quote from: Francesco Gozzo on June 11, 2018, 11:23:19 amDepends on your budget. I have a Yihua 858D. SWMBO gave me a Quick 957DW for Christmas. Here in the US, it is under $100 USD. It is a better product than the Yihua. The best part for me is the blower in the case, making the handpiece thinner and easier to hold. The downside for me is the tubing is not as flexible as the tubing on the Yihua.

author: Francesco Gozzo
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: June 11, 2018, 03:00:04 pm
content: Thanks Grey it look really solid, will search for a tear down video just for curiosityI would probably go for this oneSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk