[Elecraft] Soldering Naked - Eyes

VR2BrettGraham vr2bg at harts.org.hk
Mon Dec 20 19:16:45 EST 2010


Outgassing is a good reason to wear eye protection when soldering larger 
diameter holes on a PCB, where there can be more solder & the space for 
a bigger bubble to form that expands when heated & can discharge the 
solder like a molten round.

Happened to me at work once, assembling terminals that I would later 
find in use at banks over here in VR.  The crater the solder ball's 
impact created thankfully was in the white of my eye.

73, ex-VR2BG/p.



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