Charles,
I have tried some of that no-lead solder and found the same thing as
you. It requires a higher soldering iron temperature and does not
conduct heat through itself very well. It is doubly difficult to
de-solder a thru-plated hole that has been soldered with that stuff.
Unless you have some really binding restrictions where you live, I
suggest that you stick with the regular leaded solder for electronic
work and leave the no-lead solders to the manufacturers. It does work
better with SMD components than with thru-plated hole construction.
73,
Don W3FPR
Charles Harpole wrote:
I have some of the new solder with the non-toxic flux and no lead. I get what
looks like cold joints regardless of the heat applied.... many tries, same
result. Anyone else get the same? 73Charles Harpole
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