[Halld-tracking-hw] solder recommendations

[Curtis A. Meyer]

Thanks  -

    Curtis

On 3/15/11 12:01 PM, wcrahen wrote:
> It has been recommended that we use the solder in the attached pdf 
> document, and we have to buy 10 rolls, so we should have some 
> spare.Almit recommends cleaning the flux with Isopropyl alcohol, but 
> we are checking to see if ethanol will work
>
> Curtis A. Meyer wrote:
>> Hi Fernando -
>>
>>    we are looking at how the shield of the connection wire is 
>> soldered to the
>> little PC board and considering the tight area where this work will 
>> be done.
>> In looking at it, our first reaction is that it is going to be very 
>> difficult to clean
>> all the flux off the solder joints. Thus, our questions to you:
>>
>> 1) Should we be worried about this? (Will remaining flux corrode 
>> things over time?)
>>
>> 2) Are there solders that we could use that would be considered 
>> "clean", or
>>      at least less prone to corrosion?
>>
>> 3) Can you recommend a solder that we should be using for this hook up?
>>
>>     thanks in advance - Curtis
>>


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