Submitted 10 hours ago by polotype@lemmy.ml to askelectronics@discuss.tchncs.de
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Hi, i have a quite beefy condensator which need soldering up, are there any precautions i need to take in order to not fuck it up ? Thx in advance
Idk where youre from but in my native language its also basically “condensator” but in english theyre usually called capacitors. In some old compounds like condenser microphone you see the old form.
Probably German or French
kuneho@lemmy.world 4 hours ago condensator gang rise
Okay but the problem is its spelled “kondenzátor” for us so yeah…
Sendpicsofsandwiches@sh.itjust.works 4 hours ago Just be careful of the polarity, and try to move quickly since the legs are so short
Did you pull this off something used?
Typically when sold new, they have much longer leads, which makes soldering easier, and then you trim off the extra lead length you don’t need.
With the leads this short, it would be very challenging even for an expert to solder this without heat damaging the capacitor.
I have bought caps like that that also came with really short leads, it’s juust long enough to reach through a PCB
That capacitor has snap-in leads. It’s normal for them to be that short.
They are not hard to solder. Just use a big chisel tip and it will only take a few seconds per lead.
Hot solder on the tip of the iron, coat the wire, touch hot wire to lead, done.
Be quick and heat everything but the cap. They aren’t exceptionally difficult to solder. Just don’t heat it excessively.
Thx
There’s some YouTube videos on how to solder… For example this one looks like the capacitor has been harvested and super short leads: https://youtube.com/watch?v=iDtXq21bKYg
Thx
Capacitor? With leads that short?
polotype@lemmy.ml 7 hours ago
Ah yeah, my bad, that a milk jug, wrong photo