Agreed its best done with specific equipment for using this solder. Mainly you need higher temperatures and slightly larger tips. I noted that the boards that came with my K1 were all RoHS compliant and so I decided to go ahead and build the thing lead free.
I used the RoHS solder station we built at work which has specific Pace soldering stations and desoldering stations specific for working with the higher temp stuff. Even have a BGA rework station but thankfully Elecraft stays away from the BGA stuff! :) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Don Wilhelm Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 2:38 PM To: Charles Harpole Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] new solder 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 _______________________________________________ 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
