[Test-Equipment] Tek RM45

[Pete Lancashire]

You are correct about the silver bearing solder. If you don't use
solder with silver in it the ceramic to metal bond will fail. If your
lucky there should be a small spool of solder somewhere in side. The
spool is made of white plastic.

-pete


On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 8:08 AM, Brian Harris via Test-Equipment
<test-equipment at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> I am parting out an RM45 oscilloscope.  I would like to use the transformer for something else down the road.  Would anyone know the specs of its transformer or perhaps have a soft copy of the schematic?  If anyone needs parts (not tubes) from this please don't hesitate to ask.....free for shipping cost.
>
> I've heard you need to use silver solder if you are going to re-use the ceramic terminal strips.  Why is this and what happens if you use rosin core tin-lead solder?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Brian Harris, WA5UEK
> cell 214-763-5977
> email cosmophone at yahoo.com
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