I take it you you a flux pen or something to add additional solder? That must have dried up by now
On Sunday, 3 May 2020 16:25:29 UTC+1, martin martin wrote: > > I use a 40 year old spool of Kester 44. 0.31 dia, flux core 58 > > > > ~ > *[email protected] <javascript:>* > > > On Sun, May 3, 2020 at 7:54 AM alb.001 alb.001 <[email protected] > <javascript:>> 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] <javascript:>> >> >> 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] <javascript:>' 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] <javascript:>. >> 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] <javascript:>. >> 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] <javascript:>. >> 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/5fdb792f-ba70-4a32-afdd-09158fee37b5%40googlegroups.com.
