A water soulable flux would be absolutely a disaster in this humid place! You';d wind up with leakage paths you'd NEVER be able to trace out! I hear the Europeans in places have banned solder with lead!
I think electronics people and bullet casters will have to have a special permit or license to possess lead before long! (If the environmental whackos have their way! The anti-gun folks will jump on this bandwagon too, be assured!) 73, Sandy W5TVW ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Elecraft Reflector" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 6:34 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Organic Rosin Core Solder | Hi | | This sounds like water soluble flux. This stuff needs to be cleaned off as | soon as possible or it will cause corrosion. Normally is is cleaned in | distilled water in a special washing machine. I would suggest placing your | circuit boards in the dishwasher and run it through the normal cycle. | Alcohol, acetone or other petroleum based cleaners will not work on this | flux it is designed to be cleaned with water. This stuff is difficult to use | without the proper techniques. Use the recommended rosin core flux and | cleaning is a non issue. | | Don Brown | | KD5NDB | | | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "W0YG, Charlie Summers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | To: "Elecraft Reflector" <[email protected]> | Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 5:38 PM | Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Organic Rosin Core Solder | | | > John: | > | > Sorry to hear of your problem when your project went along so well. Gary | > recommended to me to use Acetone to clean off solder resin. You might try | > that to see if it cuts the apparent tarnish. | > | > Sounds like you might have to redo every solder joint on the RF board | > after | > removing as much of the offending solder as possible. | > | > 73, | > | > Charlie, W0YG..>> | > | > _______________________________________________ | > Elecraft mailing list | > Post to: [email protected] | > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. | > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): | > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft | > | > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm | > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com | > | _______________________________________________ | Elecraft mailing list | Post to: [email protected] | You must be a subscriber to post to the list. | Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): | http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft | | Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm | Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com | _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
