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What's the story on solder these days?
Ian Wade wrote: What kind of solder should one use these days? Find out whether the components are RoHS compliant. If they aren't, your old solder will do. If they are, you'll need lead-free solder. 73 Mike G4KFK |
What's the story on solder these days?
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 |
What's the story on solder these days?
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Radio Amateur Formerly Known As G4KFK writes Ian Wade wrote: What kind of solder should one use these days? Find out whether the components are RoHS compliant. If they aren't, your old solder will do. If they are, you'll need lead-free solder. 73 Mike G4KFK Seems you need to ignore my link Ian if thats the case. Sri Trev -- Trevor Day UKSMG #217 www.uksmg.org |
What's the story on solder these days?
Trevor Day wrote: Seems you need to ignore my link Ian if thats the case. Or, if the kit came from the USA, he could ignore what I said :-) The Murraycans aren't in the EEC (or whatever it's called this week), so I don't s'pose they're too worried about complying with RoHS. 73 Mike G4KFK |
What's the story on solder these days?
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? |
What's the story on solder these days?
Lead free solder is impossible as solder is an alloy of lead and tin.
Anything else would not be solder! "The Radio Amateur Formerly Known As G4KFK" wrote in message ups.com... Ian Wade wrote: What kind of solder should one use these days? Find out whether the components are RoHS compliant. If they aren't, your old solder will do. If they are, you'll need lead-free solder. 73 Mike G4KFK |
What's the story on solder these days?
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© T" writes "The Radio Amateur Formerly Known As G4KFK" wrote in message ups.com... Ian Wade wrote: What kind of solder should one use these days? Find out whether the components are RoHS compliant. If they aren't, your old solder will do. If they are, you'll need lead-free solder. Lead free solder is impossible as solder is an alloy of lead and tin. Anything else would not be solder! Wrong again, see: http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/solder?view=uk http://www.chemicool.com/definition/solder.html -- Ian G8ILZ |
What's the story on solder these days?
Prometheus wrote:
Lead free solder is impossible as solder is an alloy of lead and tin. Anything else would not be solder! Wrong again, see: http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/solder?view=uk http://www.chemicool.com/definition/solder.html And you will probably need to replace your soldering iron too. -- huLLy Tel: 07976 123278 villageidiot(at)sheepandmeths.co.uk ICQ 136-987-925 |
What's the story on solder these days?
In article , huLLy
writes Prometheus wrote: Lead free solder is impossible as solder is an alloy of lead and tin. Anything else would not be solder! Wrong again, see: http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/solder?view=uk http://www.chemicool.com/definition/solder.html And you will probably need to replace your soldering iron too. Unless it's a decent TCP in which case you might only need more mass rather than a higher temperature. One important note; do not mix solder types. -- Ian G8ILZ |
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