I use a 40 year old spool of Kester 44. 0.31 dia, flux core 58
~ *[email protected] <[email protected]>* On Sun, May 3, 2020 at 7:54 AM alb.001 alb.001 <[email protected]> wrote: > good for you fixing a vintage microwave. Mine is also an oldie - an > engagement gift pre 1986. All of a sudden the timer countdown works but no > microwaves being generated. I asked a friend who told me to check all the > micro-switches and sure enough they were all heavily pitted from arcing. I > replaced them all and used silver solder to fix them. Still works > great. Knowing soldering saved my old stuff many a time. > > Pharma Phil > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: Instrument Resources of America <[email protected]> > Date: May 3, 2020 at 2:31 AM > > I had to repair my 45 plus year old Sharp kitchen microwave oven just last > week. A relay's coil terminal, solder joint on the PCB was completely > cracked all the way around the pin. Re-soldered it and works just like new. > I chalked it up to the constant vibration of the door being shut. Ira. > > On 5/2/2020 3:24 PM, ' [email protected]' via neonixie-l wrote: > > It was meant as a joke. I still use SnPb eutectic solder, and I think my > ~1 kg is a lifetime supply I think I can blame this for my dumbness, since > I used to hold the solder in my teeth during construction and repair. > > I have this religious belief, scientifically not proven, that Pb-free > solder made some of the surface-mount boards in my car less reliable. There > were some medium-power current-limiting resistors where one of the solder > joints eventually cracked ad left an open circuit. I blame this on the ROHS > solder being more brittle and the thermal cycling eventually fatiguing and > cracking the solder after 5-10 years. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/eea53e58-eb08-41ed-8419-a26b754f5243%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/eea53e58-eb08-41ed-8419-a26b754f5243%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/b1605930-3707-ac88-d282-2d6a7b30485a%40HUGHES.NET > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/b1605930-3707-ac88-d282-2d6a7b30485a%40HUGHES.NET?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/361308910.4115822.1588517677871.JavaMail.open-xchange%40mtlgui01 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/361308910.4115822.1588517677871.JavaMail.open-xchange%40mtlgui01?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAKYv7NSFy-Y4RNFHwbohzRfqRBCSYba4NJua75HVEYDU8r54Ng%40mail.gmail.com.
