Jim Palfreyman wrote: > On Wednesday, January 24, 2007 at 11:30:20 AM, Discussion of precise time and > frequency measurement wrote: > > >> Dr Bruce Griffiths wrote: >> > > >> The crystal leads are supposed to be welded to the crystal base. >> The blue wire looks OK but the green and red wires are suspect. >> When welding wires one doesn't use solder dipped multistrand wires. >> Maybe the red green wires do not make good electrical contact with the >> crystal pins. >> > > I have to ask this...why wouldn't soldering work? > > Jim Palfreyman > > -- > www.tasmail.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > Jim
Zinc chloride flux is recommended when soldering unplated Kovar leads. One should probably avoid Zinc chloride flux around electronics. Residues are quite corrosive. Bruce _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list [email protected] https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
