[Elecraft] Cleaning solder flux

[edauer at aya.yale.edu]

Yes, that makes sense; though my focus was on Elecraft’s boards in their traditional kits.  For my very limited purpose the replies have told me enough and I am grateful for them all.

 

I am reminded nonetheless of a trope that’s popular in the kind of work I do, or did:  “If all the economists in the world were laid end to end, they would still not reach a conclusion.”

 

There’s a similar quote by Dorothy Parker, but I’ll leave that one for off-line.

 

Ted, KN1CBR

 

 

                                                 

 

From: Mark Goldberg <marklgoldberg at gmail.com> 
Sent: Saturday, January 1, 2022 9:24 PM
To: edauer at aya.yale.edu
Cc: Elecraft Mailing List <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Cleaning solder flux

 

There is no clear consensus because there are many different fluxes, different use cases and different environmental conditions that the products will be expected to be used in. It would be useful to find out what the manufacturer of the particular flux used says to do. That is not sufficient, as the product requirements then come into play. If you really want to go off the deep end, get copies of IPC-A-610 and J-STD-001, which define how electronic assemblies should be built and inspected. Unfortunately, unless you have access through work or academia, they cost money. They also reference many other documents for specific aspects.

 

73,

 

Mark

W7MLG

 

On Sat, Jan 1, 2022 at 7:56 PM <edauer at aya.yale.edu <mailto:edauer at aya.yale.edu> > wrote:

My thanks to the many who replied.  The answer to my question - whether
there is a consensus about how (or whether) to remove solder flux from PCBs
- is a clear no, there is no consensus.



But I learned a lot.  Tnx to all,



Ted, KN1CBR



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