should I just buy a new hot plate?
should I just buy a new hot plate?
Hot plate went and I tried replacing the thermistor. Then I moved on to replacing the power cables but I think I fucked up and ruined the bed. This solder is not coming up. I don't even want to remove it all I just want to get the copper cable that's underneath it. Am I screwed. Does anybody know where to get anog Sovol SV01 hot plate?
You need flux, nothing is broken there, you just burned all the flux out of the solder. What tools do you have on hand? A soldering iron? Solder? A solder wick? Flux?
I have all the above. I was able to get it out with some patience. Crappily done job and I won't know if it works or not until I get my new board.
Do you not have a soldering iron? This would come up in a second with an iron and some solder wick.
Honestly wicking it all up and laying fresh solder wouldn't be the worst thing. Just... don't attack it with the knife or whatever you're doing, op. This can be saved with the correct tools. A wick and some patience will carry the day.
I do have an iron. It was thick as shit and didn't want to budge. I had to work it for hours. It finally came up.
Oh, it didn’t look that big in the photo.
I don't know if this will help, but I had to resolder the cables to the bed of an old printer and the iron I had just couldn't put out enough heat; the bed sank it all. I put it in the oven for a while, so that it was pre-warmed and the iron could melt the solder.
Probably using the kitchen oven where I cook wasn't a very good idea, but hey, I'm still alive.
Yeah that's what I think was making it so slow to remove. I eventually got it, but it took a while.
If you have the spare cash I would probably recommend it just for the peace of mind.
I believe this is the hot plate in question.
That's just the glass bed. It's not the heating element.
Ah my mistake, sorry.
You definitely need a higher temp soldering iron with a big solid tip. I wouldn't recommend soldering large pads like this without a proper temperature controlled soldering setup.
put a bigger tip on your iron