[sdiy] water clean solder

[harry]

Depends on who you talk to.

If you use the little gold plated screw-machine sockets... don't use them

If you use sockets such as AMP Diplomate dual leaf sockets (tin-lead plating)
then do it. The very high retention force of these sockets gives a gas-tight
seal and
the wiping action as you plug them in is excellent. They are maybe $.06 - $.10
each. Well worth it IMHO. Its nice to have them as a troubleshooting aid...

H^) harry

(thats why I put the <bfg> in. Not everyone will agree... But there are
stupider
things to put in your designs... like BBDs ??? )

Bob Roesler wrote:

> I wasn't going to use sockets, because IC's seem to have a habit of walking
> out of them.
>
> Am I being stupid?
>
> b
>
> > From: harry <harrybissell at prodigy.net>
> > Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 23:15:46 -0500
> > To: Bob Roesler <bobo at decapod.net>
> > Cc: sdiy <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> > Subject: Re: [sdiy] water clean solder
> >
> > Bob Roesler wrote:
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> >> Perhaps I'll do the IC's with no clean.
> >
> > Why not just wash the board before you put the IC's in the sockets !!!
> >
> > <bfg>
> >
> > H^) harry
> >
> >

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