OK, quick question for you Hakko owners.
I have an 808 that I've used once and it seemed to do a great job when I desoldered components on a chassis (when I had the right tip, that is).
Anyway, I was recently thinking about desoldering a Z80 socket and replacing it and I was warned by several people including an extremely experienced repair tech that it would be non-trivial and risk lifting traces and damaging the board. (The tech also warned that any trace of solder remaining in the holes would cause issues inserting the new socket).
I'm trying to reconcile this with people doing cap kits in 10 minutes using one of these and the tons of other Hakko owners that blaze through jobs with these things.
I have my 808 set to its lowest heat setting (if I recall correctly) but it's still a fair amount hotter than what I'd manually desolder at.
So what's the deal? Is it really that easy to lift traces with these or do other damage?
I have an 808 that I've used once and it seemed to do a great job when I desoldered components on a chassis (when I had the right tip, that is).
Anyway, I was recently thinking about desoldering a Z80 socket and replacing it and I was warned by several people including an extremely experienced repair tech that it would be non-trivial and risk lifting traces and damaging the board. (The tech also warned that any trace of solder remaining in the holes would cause issues inserting the new socket).
I'm trying to reconcile this with people doing cap kits in 10 minutes using one of these and the tons of other Hakko owners that blaze through jobs with these things.
I have my 808 set to its lowest heat setting (if I recall correctly) but it's still a fair amount hotter than what I'd manually desolder at.
So what's the deal? Is it really that easy to lift traces with these or do other damage?



