In message , Ian Wade
writes
I am looking into the possibility of buying a kit to assemble, but have
come across this statement in the warranty Ts and Cs:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The use of acid-core solder, water-soluble flux solder, or any
corrosive or conductive flux or solvent will void this warranty in its
entirety.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

My current reel of no-name solder is several years old, and I have no
idea whether it complies or not (but I suspect not).

What kind of solder should one use these days?

Hi Ian,
It may or may not help, but this is a subject that comes up regularly on
the Elecraft reflector. So much so they have a separate section on the
web site. See if this helps:
http://www.elecraft.com/solder_sources.htm
Trev G3ZYY
--
Trevor Day
UKSMG #217
www.uksmg.org

Hi Ian

I suspect they are talking about plumbers soldering methods that use
such fluxes etc. Rosin core or the more current electronic fluxes will
be fine, which is probably what you roll is.

There is also the move to lead free. These joints always look real bad!

Cheers Bob VK2YQA (who works in a production RF/SMD environment..)

Ian Wade wrote:
What kind of solder should one use these days?

Ian Wade wrote:

I am looking into the possibility of buying a kit to assemble, but have
come across this statement in the warranty Ts and Cs:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The use of acid-core solder, water-soluble flux solder, or any corrosive
or conductive flux or solvent will void this warranty in its entirety.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

My current reel of no-name solder is several years old, and I have no
idea whether it complies or not (but I suspect not).

What kind of solder should one use these days?

While lead free solder is the norm now...

The use of solder with lead is still permitted for...

Private use.
Repair of circuit boards that have leaded solder on them

and a few other situations that I can't recall.

Lead based solder looks likely to be on the market for some time to come.

Dave

what about resin lung then ? .......