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is this AU solder any good?


 

would the solid
AQUABOND

found here



be good enough for working on ceramic strips found on the 500 series scopes??


Cheers


 

No it would not. This solder has no flux in it. It is plumbing not electronics solder. Take a look at the 268 line it is Tin/Silver/Copper and has the 3% silver



This is what I used to work on a bunch of the type 100 gear seems to work well. You will also need a powerful iron the ceramic strips can soak a surprising amount of heat.

Zen

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of byterock@...
Sent: Tuesday, December 7, 2021 10:58 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [TekScopes] is this AU solder any good?

would the solid
AQUABOND

found here



be good enough for working on ceramic strips found on the 500 series scopes??


Cheers


 

I almost forgot the Vintage Tek museum has a Tek training video posted about ceramic strip soldering. It can be found here



Zen

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of byterock@...
Sent: Tuesday, December 7, 2021 10:58 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [TekScopes] is this AU solder any good?

would the solid
AQUABOND

found here



be good enough for working on ceramic strips found on the 500 series scopes??


Cheers


 

FWIW,

This is the stuff I used on my devices ceramic strips.... I believe it
meets requirements...




Advertising copy is crap (particularly on parts-express's website) but
the specifications seemed to be reasonable...

David

On Tue, Dec 7, 2021 at 11:11 AM <Zentronics42@...> wrote:

I almost forgot the Vintage Tek museum has a Tek training video posted about ceramic strip soldering. It can be found here



Zen

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of byterock@...
Sent: Tuesday, December 7, 2021 10:58 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [TekScopes] is this AU solder any good?

would the solid
AQUABOND

found here



be good enough for working on ceramic strips found on the 500 series scopes??


Cheers











 

You can also find Tin/Lead/Silver solder, Radio Shack used to sell it and Kester still makes it.

I would not use anything less than 2% Silver, higher is OK. Get a flux core specifically made for electronic work.

You can find lots of vendors on ebay selling you enough to repair a couple scopes for $5.

Paul

On Tue, Dec 07, 2021 at 11:08:32AM -0500, Zentronics42@... wrote:
No it would not. This solder has no flux in it. It is plumbing not electronics solder. Take a look at the 268 line it is Tin/Silver/Copper and has the 3% silver



This is what I used to work on a bunch of the type 100 gear seems to work well. You will also need a powerful iron the ceramic strips can soak a surprising amount of heat.

Zen

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of byterock@...
Sent: Tuesday, December 7, 2021 10:58 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [TekScopes] is this AU solder any good?

would the solid
AQUABOND

found here



be good enough for working on ceramic strips found on the 500 series scopes??


Cheers













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