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Title: Solder for Phantom
Post by: Dgsbllx on Thu, 27 June 2013, 09:30:26

New to soldering so noob question  ;D

Was speaking to my neighbour about the phantom build, and mentioned I needed to do some soldering and was going to buy some and he gave me some solder;

(http://s10.postimg.org/mzgvq7dbt/IMG_3347.jpg)

Will this be alright for the phantom build?

Thanks in advance

edit; Should have asked in one of the threads rather than a new topic, sorry. Didn't even think about it  :-[

Title: Re: Solder for Phantom
Post by: Tranquilite on Thu, 27 June 2013, 14:57:57

Should be just fine, though personally I prefer the stuff with lead in it.

Title: Re: Solder for Phantom
Post by: asura on Thu, 27 June 2013, 15:03:12

Which is illegal in the EU...

Err on my part - illegal on anything sold in the EU, as a component it can be sold, and you can use it for your own purposes, but re-selling once used in assembly becomes illegal...  Gotta' love the EU

Double edit... someone should really tackle the wikipedia page on solder - it doesn't go into hard soldering at all...

Title: Re: Solder for Phantom
Post by: MJ45 on Thu, 27 June 2013, 16:55:25

That looks too heavy, you should get some around 0.032 dia. or less. Leaded is also easier to use it has a lower melting point.

Title: Re: Solder for Phantom
Post by: bazemk1979 on Thu, 27 June 2013, 17:13:40

looks like a thick wire, you would want 0.3 or 0.2mm solder wire

Title: Re: Solder for Phantom
Post by: Dgsbllx on Fri, 28 June 2013, 10:45:38

Thanks a lot for the replies!

Title: Re: Solder for Phantom
Post by: oluf on Fri, 28 June 2013, 11:06:31

Check out the living soldering thread http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=42824.0

...and EEVBlog, http://www.eevblog.com/