What type of solder do people use?

stuffmonger

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Hi. I've got a pretty damn good soldering iron (a hakko 936 soldering station setup), it's got temp. control from 400-900 farenheit (200-500 celsius). I bought some solder along with it, but the solder seems to need alot of heat to melt. I usually end up burning pcbs if I try to solder on one, so I mostly just use it for cables, and connectors at the moment. I want to be able to solder on pcbs without burning the @#! out of them, could you point me to some better solder to do the trick?
 
Dean

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I get the thin resin-core solder at Radio Shack. 60/40 mix. Melts nice and quick even at 15 watts.
 
norton9478

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Get the thin stuff.

And stay away from lead free unlessyou have to....
 
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I've only ever seen lead free solder for sale in this country :annoyed: The stuff we get is composed of silver, tin and copper. Does it melt at a higher temperature? Sometimes it seems to take ages to melt if it's a large joint.
 
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Stuffmonger: Hakko is pretty good, mine is a 730 or 713, not sure which. :)
 
HellioN

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.32 diamitar
60/40
rosin core
 
ttooddddyy

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whatever you do , do not use 50/50 thats for plumbers, it does not take to electronic stuff.
 
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