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RE: going to upgrade some caps, maybe some advice needed

Agree, generally, the wick is preferable to the suckers as they one, will clog up, and two, may or may not suck out all the solder. What I do is use the wick to get the most of the old solder up, then use the sucker to finish up any through hole mounting pads if need be.

When inserting the part, a radial cap for instance, I push it all the way down onto the board itself, then flip the board, holding the cap in place and gently bend the leads to hold it in place, then begin to solder.

Make certain your have freshly tinned your tip, use high enough heat to form a good solder and either wet the area with a flux pen or use rosin core solder as you want to have it be smooth and shiny and round, not dull and gray. Then with your side cutters, clip the extra leads off at the joint, done as far as soldering, next to check to be certain it works, obviously.

Good luck!



Edits: 01/13/21

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