[sdiy] water clean solder

[Andre Majorel]

On 2001-12-29 00:05 -0500, harry wrote:

> 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...

You're the first person I've ever heard to claim that the cheap
leaf sockets are better than the tulip ones. :-)

All tulip sockets I've seen had higher insertion (and removal)
force than any leaf socket.

-- 
André Majorel <amajorel at teaser.fr>
http://www.teaser.fr/~amajorel/