28-09-2013, 02:14 PM
When soldering you need something to take the heat away from the components
Place it between the component and where you are Soldering
The clamp/scissor thing in this is a heat sink. As you can guess it takes the heat away from damaging things you dont want to damage :-)
Place it between the component and where you are Soldering
The clamp/scissor thing in this is a heat sink. As you can guess it takes the heat away from damaging things you dont want to damage :-)
![[Image: thermistor_heat_sink_one_leg_soldered.jpg]](http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~eas199/B/howto/thermistorProbe/jpg/thermistor_heat_sink_one_leg_soldered.jpg)
![[Image: IMG_20130925_181339_zps95df48fa.jpg]](http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww278/4WayDiablo/IMG_20130925_181339_zps95df48fa.jpg)