[HBR] Oxidized socket terminals

[Kenneth Lopez]

The cleaning outline you are referring to can be found at:

http://k6ix.net/J-38/J38Clean.html

Cheers,

Ken N6TZV


On May 24, 2006, at 4:35 AM, Bill Higgs wrote:

> Got a question perhaps someone on the list can help with...
>
> I have in the past purchased "new old stock" tube sockets from  
> several suppliers. While the sockets were as advertised, the  
> terminals  were rather dull (oxidation?) and would not take solder.  
> So far, the solution has been to file the sockets down to the  
> unplated metal (beryllium copper?), but this is not the most  
> satisfactory idea - it is tedious with the XYL's nail file and does  
> not clean the inside of the terminal hole, causing the solder to  
> bead up and resulting in a joint I'm not happy with.
>
> Anybody got any ideas on this? Perhaps someone has tried the stuff  
> "as seen on TV"? I'm at the point where I'd rather try to desolder  
> and salvage old used sockets instead of using the new ones.
>
> Bill Higgs, NT4C
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