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:
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> I use a 40 year old spool of Kester 44. 0.31 dia, flux core 58
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> On Sun, May 3, 2020 at 7:54 AM alb.001 alb.001 <[email protected] 
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>> 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. 
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>> Pharma Phil  
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>> Date: May 3, 2020 at 2:31 AM 
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>> 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.
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>> On 5/2/2020 3:24 PM, ' [email protected] <javascript:>' via neonixie-l 
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>> 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. 
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>> 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. 
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