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From what little I know, removal is a delicate thing, mostly to avoid bending the tag.
You then prep your tank and tag to be ready to put back on. Not knowing how much solder is actually used on those dern things makes it fun..lol
Getting it back on is done by getting a large chunk of metal, basically about the size of the tag…
Heat the chunk of metal to about 400 degrees, ( 370 degrees is the melting point of solder), prepping the tag so that you have solder there so that when the big "iron" is placed on the tag, it melts the solder even across the plate. Here is one thing that I think about…
You gotta get the tag hot enough so that when the solder melts, you can remove the iron and have enough time to maybe relocate the tag just a fuzz should it move when the iron is placed. This is got to be the tricky part…too hot you got possibility of ruining the tag, not hot enough, the solder wont melt…yada yada yada. Hopefully this helps.
This is how I placed the ID tag on my RBM, fortunately for me, it was not as big 🙂
Regards
Richard
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