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I’m trying to replace dead led’s from my expensive aquarium lights but I am having a hard time removing the led diodes. I’ve tried using a hot air station at 500 celcius (932 Fahrenheit) but the led won’t budge. I tried blasting hot air from both the bottom and top but it won’t budge. I don’t have a heating plate so is there a better way? As you can see the bottom of the board is all metal.
Hi I find when components won’t budge taking the nozzle from the hot air off and turning the temperature and airflow up a fair bit helps In your case heating the area of the LED on the underside with lots of hot air should help Also if you have a soldering iron and ether leaded solder or chip quick(low melt solder) applying ether to the solder joints of the LED will lower the melting point of the solder so that might be worth a shot! Hopefully this helps Any questions please ask Thanks:-)
