Rosin core tin/lead solder is perfectly OK to use on any of our boards, RoHs or not, for mods.
Our primary concern is with the water-soluble flux solder, which leaves a conductive residue on hand soldered boards. Other no-clean solders are OK as long as they do not use water soluble fluxes. It should be noted though that some of the no-clean solders need more care in their use and can be harder to get good flow for hand made solder joints. 73, Eric WA6HHQ Elecraft. ---- James Sarte wrote: > Per Elecraft's soldering notes/suggestions: > > > Kits submitted for repair which HAVE been assembled using No-Clean or > Water-Soluble fluxes > > MAY be refused service..! > > > > Yet in the same PDF, they have a list of recommended solder. Kester 245 is > one of them and happens to be a no-clean MA solder. It is not rosin cored. > Should I just buy a spool of the Kester 285 and be done with it? > > Vy 73, > James K2QI > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
