I bought the new thermistor and removed my board so I could replace the thermistor, but I can't get the old wires out of the board. In the videos I watched they used a braid and/or a solder sucker to remove the old solder so I went to a tool store and home depot and neither store carries anything to remove old solder. Also, the back of my board looks different from the others I saw - there is no silver base where the solder is, it's just a tiny dot like the rest of the board. Can anyone tell me what I can do to remove the old wires? If I just hold the iron on the back side solder and pull the wire with pliers will it come out? (Also the old thermistor was rotten and broke apart when I touched it.) I've attached photos of my board on both sides.
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mguzzy
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Just clip the old thermistor off and leave the leads on the board. Leave the leads as long as you want. Then solder the new thermistor to the old leads.
mguzzy, that worked! I left the old wires in the board and soldered them to the new thermistor wires, connected everything back and it seems to work normally now. Wow, that was a $2.50 fix. Thanks for all the help!!
Just heat the solder and pull the wire out.
Use a vacuum one one side with a short tube or straw and heat up the solder from the opposite side and the vacuum will get the solder when it melts.
Use a vacuum one one side with a short tube or straw and heat up the solder from the opposite side and the vacuum will get the solder when it melts.