Took me 3 hours to realize my soldering iron tip was just oxidized, not broken

I spent an entire afternoon trying to desolder a capacitor on a vintage receiver before it clicked that the iron wasn't heating right because of a crusted tip, not a dead heating element, has anyone else wasted time on a simple fix like that?

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2 Comments

allen.amy1mo ago

Did I ever spend two hours blaming my gear before realizing the problem was just a dirty tip and not the universe conspiring against me? Yep, and then I had to clean it and pretend the whole thing didn't happen.

perez.christopher1mo ago

I mean is two hours really that bad though? Like yeah it sucks but you probably learned something along the way even if it was just "check the tip first next time." I feel like we all have those moments where we overthink things and it's not always the end of the world.

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