Originally Posted by
bigkevin61
Two tricks I learned about soldering up led stars:
1) Solder them BEFORE attaching them to your heatsink (I’ve never tired to solder after attaching to the heat sink, but I wonder why people would think that was a good idea...)
2) It is really helpful to have a variable temp soldering station. Low-ish heat for extended time can still damage electronic components (and possibly melt the re-flow solder holding the led to the star, once again, not me but I’ve heard of it). I crank my iron up (higher than when working on wires and sound boards, etc), and it works well (and quick) for pre tinnign the star pads, after I can get away with slightly lower to solder the wires on.
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