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Jaime Solorza Wireless Systems Architect 915-861-1390 On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 4:45 PM, Jaime Solorza <[email protected]> wrote: > yum soldering porn > > Jaime Solorza > Wireless Systems Architect > 915-861-1390 > > On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 3:44 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > >> ROHS sucks big time. I add some 63/37 lead solder to the connection >> prior to using solder wick then it works. 700 degrees should work. >> I would re solder with the good stuff. >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Ken Hohhof >> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 3:41 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [AFMUG] soldering temperature for repair work >> >> >> I pulled out an old Weller WTCPT soldering iron, the type where the tip >> controls the temperature, not the one with a digital readout, and was >> trying >> to change out some components on a MIkrotik board. The tip was a 700 >> degree >> 1/16" tip. I haven't done much soldering since the world went lead free, >> but a 700 degree tip used to be standard in the 60/40 solder world. The >> solder on the Mikrotik board just laughed at it. (I was using some small >> solder wick.) >> >> Do I need a higher temperature tip, or a bigger tip? Or both? >> >> And can I use 60/40 or 63/37 solder for the new components and clean the >> flux off with alcohol like we did in the old days? Will that hurt >> anything >> as long as the RoHS police don't find out? >> >> >> >
