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Old 11-06-2016, 05:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Rick76 View Post
Use only electronic grade resin core solder. You don't need an aggressive flux whatever that is.
ROSIN core solder comes in many various grades from totally useless, to capable of bonding corroded wires, and everything in between. Using a weak flux (usually says it's "eco") will not give you a good bond, nor will using "lead-free" solder since the original solder on the card is lead-based. A good rule of thumb for soldering fluxes.....if it smokes and smells bad when it hits the iron and leaves behind a reddish-brown "goo", it's the right stuff to use on these cards. Just clean the card well with rubbing or denatured alcohol when finished to get rid of the leftover rosin.
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