Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: Modular Synth Panels

--- In ModularSynthPanels@yahoogroups.com,"John L Rice" <Drummer@...>
wrote:

>
> I'm really up in the air now about iron temperature. I don't

remember why I

> used 750 when I recently built 3 MOTM kits but it seemed to work

well and

> the modules work perfect. Then I read someone's post on Muff Wigglers
> forum, I think it was Flight, that was saying 550 was optimal for

circuit

> board work. So I thought CRAP, maybe I was endangering the heat

sensitive

> components. Then I read some people are using 700 to 750 so . . .maybe I
> wasn't crazy/ignorant or?????
>
>
>
> John L Rice

Yep, that was me. I use 550F when hand-soldering ∗SMD∗ though, since
I'm so close to the die. I also use 550 when soldering wires onto mini
& sub-mini switches since their datasheets usually specify max
wave-solder at 550F for 5sec & I got tired of melting the cases. For
through-hole, I use 600F. However, I also use Kester "44" leaded
solder. As long as cars use lead-acid batteries (ever thought about
the massive batteries in the electric cars that are "the future"?),no
ROHS here.