As an audio-repair bench tech, I used a similar AOYUE desoldering station for 5 years before retiring; I didn't care for the solder-capturing spring inside the collection chamber and substituted a wad of medium-grade steel wool instead. The spring is too difficult to clean out unless you grease it, which is smelly and messy. I suggest you also test the tip included with the soldering iron to see if it is strongly attracted to a magnet throughout the tip and at the back end, or if it is only magnetically attracted at the tip (like it's supposed to be). Thermal transfer is far superior if the tip is made of plated copper, with iron plating at the pointy business end only, to prevent the solder and flux from eating away at the copper ---- but a lot of Asian manufacturers are making the tips out of solid steel or iron which is a much poorer conductor of heat. You can easily determine whether the tips are good or bad, with a magnet; I posted a video on my channel about this recently.
@@waynephillips1848 , buy high quality compatible tips made of copper and your soldering will go faster and easier, without damaging foil traces. You may have to pay $5 or $6 per tip but they'll last longer and work better. If you buy them from a specialty electronics distributer in your own country, you can more easily return them for a refund if they turn out to be inferior quality.
@@waynephillips1848, buy some same-size compatible tips from a known manufacturer (Hakko?) and you'll find that the heat-transfer function works faster and better. Good tips will be almost completely solid copper but with a coating of iron to resist the dissolving effects of molten solder and flux. Buying tips directly from China through Amazon eBay Banggood, AliExpress etc will invariably net you crappy knockoff or counterfeit tips made of inferior materials. I don't know if the AOYUE desoldering tips are compatible (they seem unique to Aoyue) but those were particularly interesting because the stainless steel pipe that protrudes from the front end of tip (nice for desoldering closely spaced pins), and which travels completely through the heating element into the solder-collecting tube, is non magnetic and virtually impervious to solder (for long life) but the molded part of the tip was made of plated copper. Anyway, if you find better quality compatible tips that will fit the Yihua, please let us know what they are and where you got them from.
Hi Wayne, cheers for the video. Recently picked up this station second hand and there's been steam / smoke (can't tell which) coming out of the main station when the desoldering gun has been on / used for a few mins. I'm assuming that this is a fault, but just wanted to check to see if you had the same experience before I go for a return. Cheers, Ronan.
Good video. I was about to buy one but if you can't run the desoldering gun and iron at the same time it's not worth it to me. It's like driving your car. If you have to wait two minutes to go from drive to reverse and another two minutes to drive it doesnt seem practical if you are doing a lot of component replacements.
I previously had a pace unit, that you could run both at the same time, but it cost over 4 the cost of this unit, all i needed was a dedicated desolder unit, the soldering iron was a bonus for me.
Can U try desoldering some capacitors , around CPU socket of a PC mother board. Today PCB design is protective and those holes size nearly the same diameter with electronic components. If no proper tools and skills, desoldering is mission possible. 4 layers PCB copper traces are broken.
Interesting spring design. Seems to keep most of the solder away from the filter.
It’s best to add solder with your normal iron to avoid wearing out the desolder tip.
As an audio-repair bench tech, I used a similar AOYUE desoldering station for 5 years before retiring; I didn't care for the solder-capturing spring inside the collection chamber and substituted a wad of medium-grade steel wool instead. The spring is too difficult to clean out unless you grease it, which is smelly and messy. I suggest you also test the tip included with the soldering iron to see if it is strongly attracted to a magnet throughout the tip and at the back end, or if it is only magnetically attracted at the tip (like it's supposed to be). Thermal transfer is far superior if the tip is made of plated copper, with iron plating at the pointy business end only, to prevent the solder and flux from eating away at the copper ---- but a lot of Asian manufacturers are making the tips out of solid steel or iron which is a much poorer conductor of heat. You can easily determine whether the tips are good or bad, with a magnet; I posted a video on my channel about this recently.
Hi, thanks for the write up, i can confirm removing the tip removed from the solder iron handle, both ends are magnetic (tip is solid steel) .
@@waynephillips1848 , buy high quality compatible tips made of copper and your soldering will go faster and easier, without damaging foil traces. You may have to pay $5 or $6 per tip but they'll last longer and work better. If you buy them from a specialty electronics distributer in your own country, you can more easily return them for a refund if they turn out to be inferior quality.
@@waynephillips1848, buy some same-size compatible tips from a known manufacturer (Hakko?) and you'll find that the heat-transfer function works faster and better. Good tips will be almost completely solid copper but with a coating of iron to resist the dissolving effects of molten solder and flux. Buying tips directly from China through Amazon eBay Banggood, AliExpress etc will invariably net you crappy knockoff or counterfeit tips made of inferior materials. I don't know if the AOYUE desoldering tips are compatible (they seem unique to Aoyue) but those were particularly interesting because the stainless steel pipe that protrudes from the front end of tip (nice for desoldering closely spaced pins), and which travels completely through the heating element into the solder-collecting tube, is non magnetic and virtually impervious to solder (for long life) but the molded part of the tip was made of plated copper. Anyway, if you find better quality compatible tips that will fit the Yihua, please let us know what they are and where you got them from.
Hi Wayne, cheers for the video. Recently picked up this station second hand and there's been steam / smoke (can't tell which) coming out of the main station when the desoldering gun has been on / used for a few mins. I'm assuming that this is a fault, but just wanted to check to see if you had the same experience before I go for a return. Cheers, Ronan.
@ 4:40 what the use of that black thin rubber at the right side
its to change the tips while the tip is still hot. But I wouldn't recommended it unless it's good quality.
Good video. I was about to buy one but if you can't run the desoldering gun and iron at the same time it's not worth it to me. It's like driving your car. If you have to wait two minutes to go from drive to reverse and another two minutes to drive it doesnt seem practical if you are doing a lot of component replacements.
I previously had a pace unit, that you could run both at the same time, but it cost over 4 the cost of this unit, all i needed was a dedicated desolder unit, the soldering iron was a bonus for me.
Good work
Could you pin out the pins I wanna see if this would work with a different model.
Can U try desoldering some capacitors , around CPU socket of a PC mother board.
Today PCB design is protective and those holes size nearly the same diameter with electronic components.
If no proper tools and skills, desoldering is mission possible. 4 layers PCB copper traces are broken.
Multi layer desoldering is a challenge, some times is necesary to use low melting solder plus flux.
If you want to remove capacitors in 4 layer PCB's is better to buy a Hakko FR-301.
a bit clunky to me ................
Not what your mom said