From Dave Manley Sent Fri, Jun 29th 2018, 22:14
From Dave Manley Sent Fri, Jun 29th 2018, 22:14
On June 28, 2018 6:54:31 PM PDT, Brian Willoughby <xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx=2Ec= om> wrote: >Nothing will save you if you have a ground plane on a through-hole pin=2E >Those are impossible to do by hand, and mostly likely require a rework >station to apply heat to the whole board=2E And this is why "thermal relief pads" exist=2E=20 If you have a fine point tip for the iron you can sometimes jam the tip in= to the via=2E It also can help to cut the old parts off from the top side first=2E This = is of course destructive and doesnt work for all components=2E=2E=2E -Dave