I am looking into the possibility of buying a kit to assemble, but have
come across this statement in the warranty Ts and Cs:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The use of acid-core solder, water-soluble flux solder, or any corrosive
or conductive flux or solvent will void this warranty in its entirety.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

My current reel of no-name solder is several years old, and I have no
idea whether it complies or not (but I suspect not).

What kind of solder should one use these days?

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73
Ian, G3NRW

Ian Wade wrote:
What kind of solder should one use these days?

Find out whether the components are RoHS compliant.
If they aren't, your old solder will do.
If they are, you'll need lead-free solder.

73
Mike G4KFK

In message , Ian Wade
writes
I am looking into the possibility of buying a kit to assemble, but have
come across this statement in the warranty Ts and Cs:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The use of acid-core solder, water-soluble flux solder, or any
corrosive or conductive flux or solvent will void this warranty in its
entirety.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

My current reel of no-name solder is several years old, and I have no
idea whether it complies or not (but I suspect not).

What kind of solder should one use these days?

Hi Ian,
It may or may not help, but this is a subject that comes up regularly on
the Elecraft reflector. So much so they have a separate section on the
web site. See if this helps:
http://www.elecraft.com/solder_sources.htm
Trev G3ZYY
--
Trevor Day
UKSMG #217
www.uksmg.org

In message . com, The
Radio Amateur Formerly Known As G4KFK writes

Ian Wade wrote:
What kind of solder should one use these days?

Find out whether the components are RoHS compliant.
If they aren't, your old solder will do.
If they are, you'll need lead-free solder.

73
Mike G4KFK

Seems you need to ignore my link Ian if thats the case.
Sri

Trev
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Trevor Day
UKSMG #217
www.uksmg.org

Trevor Day wrote:
Seems you need to ignore my link Ian if thats the case.

Or, if the kit came from the USA, he could ignore what I said :-)

The Murraycans aren't in the EEC (or whatever it's called this week),
so I don't s'pose they're too worried about complying with RoHS.

73
Mike G4KFK

Hi Ian

I suspect they are talking about plumbers soldering methods that use
such fluxes etc. Rosin core or the more current electronic fluxes will
be fine, which is probably what you roll is.

There is also the move to lead free. These joints always look real bad!

Cheers Bob VK2YQA (who works in a production RF/SMD environment..)

Ian Wade wrote:
What kind of solder should one use these days?

Lead free solder is impossible as solder is an alloy of lead and tin.
Anything else would not be solder!


"The Radio Amateur Formerly Known As G4KFK" wrote in
message ups.com...

Ian Wade wrote:
What kind of solder should one use these days?

Find out whether the components are RoHS compliant.
If they aren't, your old solder will do.
If they are, you'll need lead-free solder.

73
Mike G4KFK

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"The Radio Amateur Formerly Known As G4KFK" wrote in
message ups.com...

Ian Wade wrote:
What kind of solder should one use these days?

Find out whether the components are RoHS compliant.
If they aren't, your old solder will do.
If they are, you'll need lead-free solder.

Lead free solder is impossible as solder is an alloy of lead and tin.
Anything else would not be solder!

Wrong again, see:

http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/solder?view=uk
http://www.chemicool.com/definition/solder.html
--
Ian G8ILZ

Prometheus wrote:

Lead free solder is impossible as solder is an alloy of lead and tin.
Anything else would not be solder!

Wrong again, see:

http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/solder?view=uk
http://www.chemicool.com/definition/solder.html

And you will probably need to replace your soldering iron too.
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huLLy
Tel: 07976 123278
villageidiot(at)sheepandmeths.co.uk
ICQ 136-987-925

In article , huLLy
writes
Prometheus wrote:

Lead free solder is impossible as solder is an alloy of lead and tin.
Anything else would not be solder!

Wrong again, see:

http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/solder?view=uk
http://www.chemicool.com/definition/solder.html

And you will probably need to replace your soldering iron too.

Unless it's a decent TCP in which case you might only need more mass
rather than a higher temperature.

One important note; do not mix solder types.
--
Ian G8ILZ