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<blockquote data-quote="The_Stig" data-source="post: 1171433" data-attributes="member: 12276">Hehe thanks&nbsp; [USER=97876]@Lightning303[/USER] , as you may have noted already...I am not the most patience talented guy. Trying to explain the situation with this soldering iron (<a href="http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B004Q5U0AK?psc=1&amp;redirect=true&amp;ref_=oh_aui_search_detailpage" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B004Q5U0AK?psc=1&amp;redirect=true&amp;ref_=oh_aui_search_detailpage</a>) and this tin (<a href="http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B009UT102Y?psc=1&amp;redirect=true&amp;ref_=oh_aui_search_detailpage" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B009UT102Y?psc=1&amp;redirect=true&amp;ref_=oh_aui_search_detailpage</a>).- Watched quite a few soldering videos on youtube.- Let the iron get hot for around 5 minutes, cannot check temperature (no such device)- Trying to get tin onto the iron leads to heavy smoke. After a while and around 20cm of the tin-role it gets better with the smoke and a bit of tin stays on the iron.- But after that I simply don't get the tin to the cables and/or to the LED strip.- I've read to get a bit of tin to the strip contact points first. But this doesn't work for me too. I am burning the contact points. They are sooooo small...So, if someone has a detailed description for me, I would be very glad.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The_Stig, post: 1171433, member: 12276"] Hehe thanks [USER=97876]@Lightning303[/USER] , as you may have noted already...I am not the most patience talented guy. Trying to explain the situation with this soldering iron ([URL]http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B004Q5U0AK?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_search_detailpage[/URL]) and this tin ([URL]http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B009UT102Y?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_search_detailpage[/URL]). - Watched quite a few soldering videos on youtube. - Let the iron get hot for around 5 minutes, cannot check temperature (no such device) - Trying to get tin onto the iron leads to heavy smoke. After a while and around 20cm of the tin-role it gets better with the smoke and a bit of tin stays on the iron. - But after that I simply don't get the tin to the cables and/or to the LED strip. - I've read to get a bit of tin to the strip contact points first. But this doesn't work for me too. I am burning the contact points. They are sooooo small... So, if someone has a detailed description for me, I would be very glad. [/QUOTE]

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