[Elecraft] No clean solder

moe at ecosse.net moe at ecosse.net
Mon Oct 24 14:41:36 EDT 2005


Hi Bob

Thanks.

I just want to make sure it doesn't give trouble later.

I am using crystal400 halide free.

Actually , I was using crystal 511  multicore for various things and seems to 
be OK.

Just I want my K2 to last all my life or may be most of my life.

Moe

MM0MRM



On Saturday 22 October 2005 18:33, you wrote:
> On Oct 22, 2005, at 1:55 AM, moe at ecosse.net wrote:
> > Thanks Tom
> >
> > I already built control and front panal board using crystal 400.
> >
> > Is 370 flux no clean or usual Rosin core?
> >
> > Multicore web site Loctite is quite useless for older tech info.
> >
> > thanks for your help.
>
> The Loctite web site is useless for practically anything.  However, a
> Google search turned up the following site, which mentions Multicore
> 370 as being an activated rosin core flux.
>
> http://www.logwell.com/tech/servtips/solder.html
>
> FWIW, I built my K2 with Multicore 63/37 type X39C, which was lobeled
> as 'no-clean' but I have been unable to find any definitive data for
> this, although it behaved similar to other mildly-activated fluxes.
> It didn't seem to be any more difficult to solder than with more
> active flux, although there was little residue, as expected.
>
> Bob N7XY


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