| Hi,
Reviving this thread because it's 1) got a lot of good soldering info 2) i have a question of my own...
I'm building a new place and will be redoing all of my soldering (going from crap cable and messy patching to Gotham and a nice new clean re-arranged patchbay)
I've found quite some different solders at a German internetstore ...could you guys help me out which one I should chose (or which shouldn't I surely NOT chose)?
In the 'contains lead' department there's
Sn60Pb38Cu2 (comes in a 'green' version as well - supposed to have less smoke, €13 for 500gr/1mm)
Sn40Pb
Sn62PbAg2 (€30 for 100gr/0,35mm !!!)
'lead-free':
Sn99Cu1 (€19 for 500gr/1mm)
Sn95,5Ag3,8Cu0,7 (€50 for 500gr/1mm)
I've soldered my previous patches (4U 144pt TT) and mobile 24ch recorder racks and cables so I'm starting to know my way around soldering...
The Leadfree solder with silver is expensive (i think ?) but I'm willing to spend that. On the other hand, the SN62PbAg2 seems a bit too expensive for me ...
Thanks,
Herwig |