Just tried with my iron set to the highest temperature (480C/896F), added lead based solder to try to make it going but nothing happened. So either you're soldering at insanely high temperatures or they've used different materials over the years... :)
On Saturday, April 29, 2023 at 2:01:11 PM UTC+2 Jasper nagle wrote: > I was able to melt the blobs on the mtx-90 with a soldering iron so it > must be something like tin or lead > > On Sat, 29 Apr 2023 at 7:56 pm, Yohan Park <[email protected]> wrote: > >> No that's not true. It's not solder but a different metal (can't recall >> what it is) to make it easy to solder. You won't be able to melt the blobs >> with your soldering iron though. >> >> On Friday, March 24, 2023 at 1:10:31 PM UTC+1 Paul Andrews wrote: >> >>> I had read that the little balls on the ends of the leads are solder. Is >>> that not true? >>> >>> On Friday, March 24, 2023 at 7:17:05 AM UTC-4 Jasper nagle wrote: >>> >>>> thanks for that >>>> >>>> On Fri, Mar 24, 2023 at 7:01 PM Batareyka <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> H3PO4 >>>>> or >>>>> H3PO4 + HCl (10:1) >>>>> >>>>> пятница, 24 марта 2023 г. в 12:33:31 UTC+2, Jasper nagle: >>>>> >>>>>> tubes im having no luck putting tin to them i even managed to tin the >>>>>> painted surface i was working on in the process >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>>>> Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/neonixie-l/nDLLgyjpV_I/unsubscribe. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>>>> [email protected]. >>>>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/f43249af-46d4-45a3-8dcc-275f0e4ad43en%40googlegroups.com >>>>> >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/f43249af-46d4-45a3-8dcc-275f0e4ad43en%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/neonixie-l/nDLLgyjpV_I/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected]. >> > To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/2787a2fd-4b5f-4a8e-aefd-cf26604798ffn%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/2787a2fd-4b5f-4a8e-aefd-cf26604798ffn%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/43ffeafb-05f8-435b-8960-d70278d3746en%40googlegroups.com.
