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Posted By jayjr1105

Re: Anyone ever hear of this solder brand before?

I should clarify. The pictures there are both uncleaned and the MG chemicals is the very shiny one.

Forum: Equipment Usage, Soldering, Techniques, and Reviews

03-26-2022, 01:17 PM

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Posted By jayjr1105

Re: Anyone ever hear of this solder brand before?

Well, you live you learn. without cleanup my MG chem stuff is a clear winner. The new stuff leaves an almost burgundy crust that is really difficult to remove even with 99% alcohol.

Forum: Equipment Usage, Soldering, Techniques, and Reviews

03-26-2022, 11:44 AM

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Posted By jayjr1105

Re: Anyone ever hear of this solder brand before?

According to the datasheet the Chipquick flux can be left on the board.
http://www.chipquik.com/datasheets/SMDSW.020%201OZ.pdf

Same with the MG....

Forum: Equipment Usage, Soldering, Techniques, and Reviews

03-26-2022, 09:34 AM

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Posted By jayjr1105

Re: Anyone ever hear of this solder brand before?

I took a gamble and bought this stuff and it arrived already. Wets really nicely and has adequate flux content from the residue you have to clean up afterwards. It doesn't finish quite as shiny as...

Forum: Equipment Usage, Soldering, Techniques, and Reviews

03-24-2022, 05:07 PM

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Posted By jayjr1105

Re: Anyone ever hear of this solder brand before?

I bought a 1lb roll of lead free for $8 which was possibly a pricing error just so I have some lead free if anyone ever requests it...

Is this stuff any good? I have another leaded MG chemicals...

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03-24-2022, 10:57 AM

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Posted By jayjr1105

Re: Anyone ever hear of this solder brand before?

Are you obligated to use lead free or just a glutton for punishment? :d

Forum: Equipment Usage, Soldering, Techniques, and Reviews

03-22-2022, 04:22 PM

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Finally built the Bob Parker "Blue" ESR Meter

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Posted By jayjr1105

Re: Finally built the Bob Parker "Blue" ESR Meter

I saw spikes of around 35mA but about 12mA idle and 25-28 with the leads shorted or while testing a capacitor.

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03-22-2022, 09:55 AM

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Finally built the Bob Parker "Blue" ESR Meter

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Posted By jayjr1105

Re: Finally built the Bob Parker "Blue" ESR Meter

I can check in a little bit for you. I currently use a 9v lithium which is just two lithium cells making it about 8.4v fully charged. Seems to work fine.

Forum: Equipment Usage, Soldering, Techniques, and Reviews

03-20-2022, 05:52 PM

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Posted By jayjr1105

Re: Anyone ever hear of this solder brand before?

Yeah I messaged him to ask about the flux type and he wasn't sure but said he would contact the distributor. The date code is the 21 I believe (2021)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/254928162490

Was...

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03-20-2022, 02:42 PM

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Posted By jayjr1105

Anyone ever hear of this solder brand before?

Need some .6mm solder. I gave what was left of my cheap 63/37 to a friend who needed some. Stumbled on this brand. I figured "made in Japan" it must be half decent but it doesn't give flux...

Forum: Troubleshooting Power Supplies and Power Supply Design

03-17-2022, 04:04 PM

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Posted By jayjr1105

Re: Replacing Fake Sanyo's in a SMPS

Those Panasonic's are impossible to find and don't have a restock data until December. I just used the chubby 680uf 35v KZE's I had. They fit fine with some angled installation.

Forum: Troubleshooting Power Supplies and Power Supply Design

03-17-2022, 11:52 AM

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Posted By jayjr1105

Re: Replacing Fake Sanyo's in a SMPS

Whatever this is

Forum: Troubleshooting Power Supplies and Power Supply Design

03-17-2022, 11:42 AM

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Posted By jayjr1105

Re: Replacing Fake Sanyo's in a SMPS

This is not the normal KSGER T12 unit. It's the one with 3 digit 7 segment display. It was a kit and I think it was $23 total or something super cheap. Unfortunately it didn't have the same wiring...

Forum: Troubleshooting Power Supplies and Power Supply Design

03-17-2022, 09:23 AM

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Posted By jayjr1105

Replacing Fake Sanyo's in a SMPS

I have a cheap chinese T12 soldering station that I really like and use a lot. It has (clearly) fake Sanyo WG caps (1000uf 35v) on the secondary side that I'd like to replace with authentic caps. ...

Forum: Troubleshooting Game Consoles & Other Weird Devices

03-14-2022, 08:14 AM

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Sticky: Post your worthless and/or pointless repairs

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Posted By jayjr1105

Re: Post your worthless and/or pointless repairs

You guys will laugh at this one. Got this old iPitomy phone system from the bin at work. It's basically an intel Atom x86 system with a pico DC-DC power supply. I replaced the motherboard caps...

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03-12-2022, 04:09 PM

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Posted By jayjr1105

Re: Finally bit the bullet on the Hakko FR301

1. surprisingly no
2. not really

Forum: Troubleshooting Power Supplies and Power Supply Design

03-12-2022, 01:06 PM

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Posted By jayjr1105

Re: Laptop power brick audibly noisy

Okay, front TO-220 shaped device is "First" 16T41 - FIR8N60F and Secondary side is also "First" branded 16M01 - MBRF20100

Forum: Equipment Usage, Soldering, Techniques, and Reviews

03-11-2022, 12:04 PM

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Posted By jayjr1105

Re: Finally bit the bullet on the Hakko FR301

How about tips and filters? I thought about getting one of the larger tips in addition to the 1mm that comes with so I can do bigger ground lugs and such. Does it come with enough filters for a...

Forum: Troubleshooting Power Supplies and Power Supply Design

03-11-2022, 09:44 AM

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Posted By jayjr1105

Re: Laptop power brick audibly noisy

It seems to have quieted down a little but still that light tapping. I've actually used it for the past couple days to power an old 2010 laptop which I use for my USB microscope and no issues. It...

Forum: Equipment Usage, Soldering, Techniques, and Reviews

03-11-2022, 09:27 AM

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Posted By jayjr1105

Re: Finally bit the bullet on the Hakko FR301

Any tips? Usage or maintenance.

Forum: Equipment Usage, Soldering, Techniques, and Reviews

03-10-2022, 02:45 PM

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Posted By jayjr1105

Finally bit the bullet on the Hakko FR301

I've been eyeing this thing up for years but could never justify the cost. I'm doing more console modding and repairs so I finally bit. I don't have it yet but wondering others opinions. I'll not...

Forum: Troubleshooting Power Supplies and Power Supply Design

03-10-2022, 11:29 AM

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Posted By jayjr1105

Re: Laptop power brick audibly noisy

Definitely not cap squealing. It's coming from the transformer it would seem. It's like a soft rapid tapping.

Forum: Troubleshooting Power Supplies and Power Supply Design

03-09-2022, 09:38 AM

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