On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 09:26:24PM -0500, Ethan Dicks
wrote:
On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 9:07 PM, Sridhar Ayengar
<ploopster at gmail.com> wrote:
Ethan Dicks wrote:
What you are after is rosin-core lead-based
solder around 60/40 or
63/37 tin/lead, with a diameter around 0.5mm (.020") to 0.8mm (.032").
I
highly recommend 63/37 over 60/40. I find it easer to work with.
Sure, but I'd
never _not_ do a project because all I had on hand was
60/40, though.
As you know, the biggest difference is the lower melting point of 63/37,
that does make it easier to work with.
It's not the lower melting point. It's that the mixture is eutectic.
Peace... Sridhar