Steve wrote:
Charles stick with standard 50/50 mix of lead acid solder
for most electrical connections.


Acid core solder will eat your electronics - save it for patching metal
buckets or something. Use rosin core solder for electronics.

the 50/50 refers to the lead/tin ratio.

At 850 F makes good solid
connnection,

850 sounds a bit hot; sometimes the 750 on our unit here at work seems a
bit hot.

-Jason
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