I solder at 450 , at least thats whats indicated on the display. I was soldering 18g wire. That is fine to do it that way but i find it gets the components pretty hot so i start with the tip on top add solder and thenmove the tip underneath to draw the solder through. Nothing wrong with how your doing it , maybe im wrong lol.

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