"The Little Things" - Helpful hints for all

[Nate Laverdure]

I think most of us can agree that hot gluing your PWMs is not an elegant solution. We can put this aside and focus on whether it's really a practice that can cause equipment damage.

Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz

Hot glue is 'HOT' by nature and the devices you are trying to glue are not. [snip] Rapid heating and cooling can tear parts from the circuit board.

This particular concern sounds silly. Your standard 99.3Sn-0.7Cu lead-free solder melts at ~440 F (PDF link). Eutectic 63Sn-37Pb solder melts at 361 F. Low-temperature "hot melt" glue guns range from 170 - 250 F.