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

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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?

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73
Ian, G3NRW

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

In message . com, The
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
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Trevor Day
UKSMG #217
www.uksmg.org

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

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

In article , "G8ASO (.¿.)
© 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
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Ian G8ILZ

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.
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huLLy
Tel: 07976 123278
villageidiot(at)sheepandmeths.co.uk
ICQ 136-987-925

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.
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Ian G8ILZ

G8ASO (.¿.) © T wrote:
Lead free solder is impossible as solder is an alloy of lead and tin.
Anything else would not be solder!

OED "Solder. n. Fusible alloy used to join less fusible metals or
wires."

On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 01:31:49 -0700, The Radio Amateur Formerly Known As
G4KFK wrote:


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.

I thought it was the other way round - leaded solder is ok with all
component types but lead free solder shouldn't be used with components
where the leads have lead in the plating. All the manufacturers I've
checked with say leaded solder is ok with RoHS compliant parts.

Steve