I am still using leaded. I acquired two one pound boxes of rather thin Kester brand tin/lead solder decades ago and still working through them. One box is 60/40 and the other is 63/37. I don't build much these days so those boxes are going to last me a very long time to come.
Take good lead-free-SAC solder and together with a somehow acceptable iron the joints get as perfect as they can be. Cheap SN99 solder with bad flux can really be painful, but beside that all that whining about lead-free can only come from people who intentionally want to be poisonous.
Definitely with lead. I absolutely hate the lead free one 😅. The PCB's become a mess if you ever have to do repairs and many times you end up damaging good components.
Amen to that. I have tost away 5 xenon strobe lights all for the sake of lead free solder just in the month of October alone in 2024. When you do repairs to equipment like that, the heat may damage a few parts but the main damage is tge copper foil on circuit boards. Let's just say that all 5 strobe lights where nothing but parts for me to salvage. $80 in strobe lights is a wast of money, but parts that could fix the old units. Lol.
How can I get my hands on leaded solder in Germany? Reichelt stopped to sell it years ago and I forgot to order a lifetime supply. Is it available from Aliexpress somehow?
My choice is lead tin solder. I have dealt with lead free solder for one year, and no mater what name brand it is. It was all crap! I have tost away 5 xenon strobe lights all for the sake of the manufacturers using lead free solder. The main reason is all because the excessive heat has caused the copper foil to peel off of the circuit boards they use in making them. I spent over $80.00 freaking dollars on strobe lights for halloween all for nothing. Lead free solder is strait BS! Why spend thousands of dollars on electronics every year, just to only last a few weeks or if you're lucky a month or so. I have gone through more electronic devices in one year, then I ever had in my entire life when the electronics still had leaded solder. I can still find, and purchase leaded solder with ease on ebay. I will never go back to lead free Sh$t again. You couldn't even pay me what Donald J Trump makes in one year in cash per day to ever go back to lead free. You all might, but not me......
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I am still using leaded. I acquired two one pound boxes of rather thin Kester brand tin/lead solder decades ago and still working through them. One box is 60/40 and the other is 63/37. I don't build much these days so those boxes are going to last me a very long time to come.
Take good lead-free-SAC solder and together with a somehow acceptable iron the joints get as perfect as they can be. Cheap SN99 solder with bad flux can really be painful, but beside that all that whining about lead-free can only come from people who intentionally want to be poisonous.
Thanks for sharing!
Good day.Please,how can I order lead-free solder(tin)?
Hi we do not sale solder paste. You can search it on the internet :)
My choice would be lead solder. Nowdays, it is very difficult to find it. So, I am using lead free solder.
Definitely with lead. I absolutely hate the lead free one 😅. The PCB's become a mess if you ever have to do repairs and many times you end up damaging good components.
yeah this explains my struggle with getting them to fill the via's pain in the ass.
Thanks for sharing
Amen to that. I have tost away 5 xenon strobe lights all for the sake of lead free solder just in the month of October alone in 2024. When you do repairs to equipment like that, the heat may damage a few parts but the main damage is tge copper foil on circuit boards. Let's just say that all 5 strobe lights where nothing but parts for me to salvage. $80 in strobe lights is a wast of money, but parts that could fix the old units. Lol.
How can I get my hands on leaded solder in Germany? Reichelt stopped to sell it years ago and I forgot to order a lifetime supply. Is it available from Aliexpress somehow?
Yes. You can find some on Aliexpress.
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My choice is lead tin solder. I have dealt with lead free solder for one year, and no mater what name brand it is. It was all crap! I have tost away 5 xenon strobe lights all for the sake of the manufacturers using lead free solder. The main reason is all because the excessive heat has caused the copper foil to peel off of the circuit boards they use in making them. I spent over $80.00 freaking dollars on strobe lights for halloween all for nothing. Lead free solder is strait BS! Why spend thousands of dollars on electronics every year, just to only last a few weeks or if you're lucky a month or so. I have gone through more electronic devices in one year, then I ever had in my entire life when the electronics still had leaded solder. I can still find, and purchase leaded solder with ease on ebay. I will never go back to lead free Sh$t again. You couldn't even pay me what Donald J Trump makes in one year in cash per day to ever go back to lead free. You all might, but not me......
this is so hard to listen it becomes disruptive might as well say it in chinese so we can pay attention to the subtitles
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