{"id":1089,"date":"2009-01-27T08:38:28","date_gmt":"2009-01-27T15:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/?p=1089"},"modified":"2022-12-28T12:43:36","modified_gmt":"2022-12-28T20:43:36","slug":"improvements-to-the-diy-pid-controlled-soldering-hotplate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/improvements-to-the-diy-pid-controlled-soldering-hotplate\/","title":{"rendered":"Improvements to the DIY PID-Controlled Soldering Hotplate"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Improvements<\/p>\n

Last week I posted about the DIY PID-Controlled Soldering Hotplate<\/a> I designed and built to improve my surface mount soldering capabilities.<\/p>\n

I mentioned one issue I was having with the hotplate on flickr<\/a>.\u00a0 Specifically, the aluminum baseplate was getting too hot for comfort (literally) when I set the hotplate to solder reflow temperatures (180-220C) for more than a few minutes.\u00a0 At the time I thought it was due to radiant heat from the upper aluminum block transferring to the bottom plate.\u00a0 I later discovered that the ceramic spacers I used to hold up the hotplate were much more thermally conductive than I thought and the screws I used to attach the baseplate to the spacers were burning hot before the rest of the baseplate.\u00a0 It was conducted heat, not radiant, that was the primary cause of the problem!<\/p>\n

McMaster-Carr<\/a> to the rescue!<\/p>\n

I was able to resolve the issue by reducing the diameter of the ceramic spacers from 1\/2″ to 1\/4″ and using all stainless hardware to attach the spacers.\u00a0 Now the baseplate stays relatively cool even with the hotplate at high temperatures for long periods of time.<\/p>\n

View the complete set on flickr<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Last week I posted about the DIY PID-Controlled Soldering Hotplate I designed and built to improve my surface mount soldering capabilities. I mentioned one issue I was having with the hotplate on flickr.\u00a0 Specifically, the aluminum baseplate was getting too hot for comfort (literally) when I set the hotplate to solder reflow temperatures (180-220C) for … Continue reading Improvements to the DIY PID-Controlled Soldering Hotplate<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,443],"tags":[36,501,147,159,20,148,149],"class_list":["post-1089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-electronics","category-projects-2","tag-diy","tag-electronics","tag-hotplate","tag-mcmaster-carr","tag-pid","tag-soldering","tag-surface-mount"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pioCd-hz","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1010,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/diy-pid-controlled-soldering-hotplate\/","url_meta":{"origin":1089,"position":0},"title":"DIY PID Controlled Soldering Hotplate","author":"Jeff","date":"January 17, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"In preparation for my Arduino-based AVR HV Programmer boards coming back, I decided to step up my home lab surface mount soldering capabilities. 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