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Bas talks in this video about the importance of regularly cleaning and maintaining soldering tips to prevent oxidation. Therefore, a step-by-step procedure is mentioned to keep your soldering tips in a good condition while and after soldering. Furthermore, the use of a tip tinner to clean oxidized soldering tips is shown. Finally, the advantages of using brass wool compared to a damp sponge are discussed and a CLMU soldering tip cleaner is introduced.
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Bas shows in this video two tweezer stations from Atten which are the Atten GT-6150C and the Atten GT-6200 and tells you why you should buy one of these tweezer stations over a tweezer station from Hakko, JBC, and Weller.
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Power analyzers can be used to measure the flow of energy in either AC or DC systems. A power analyser can also be used to measure the standby power consumption of devices. A lot of devices consume electricity when they appear to be turned off or while they are inactive, such as your TV or your microwave oven. This power consumption is known as standby power and can be a significant contributor to product energy use. The standby power of household electronic devices is typically very small, but the sum of all these devices within the household and over the span of a year can easily become significant.
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Posted in   Video All categories Test and measure By Eleshopper

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In this video, Boaz uses a thermal imaging camera to visualise heat losses in his flat.
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Infrared cameras can be used to monitor the temperature of electrical wiring and connections and to see exactly where a door or window is drafting. At Eleshop we sell many different handheld thermal imaging cameras from various brands but there also exist small thermal imaging cameras for smartphones. Therefore in this video, small thermal imaging cameras from Flir and Guide are compared against each other to see how well they perform.
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For a microscope, it is important to magnify the image of the electronics properly without losing focus. This can be achieved when a microscope is set parfocal. In this article, a step-by-step strategy is shown on how to properly set up and focus a stereo microscope so that no refocusing is needed when changing the magnification.
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