This was meant to go to the group...
----- Original Message -----
From: "groovyshaman" <groovyshaman@...>
To: "sduck409" <sduck409@...>
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 11:50 PM
Subject: Re: [motm] Pass through holes?
> One suggestion - if you plan to go back over the boards to solder the vias
> AFTER all of the other components have been soldered, use no-clean solder.
> Using organic solder would require you to wash the board again, and some
> parts would not respond well to that (such as pots). Especially if you
wash
> in tap water and not distilled, as that can leave a mineral residue.
>
> Actually I'm curious, does anyone else do a once over on their boards with
> distilled water, after scrubbing under the tap?
>
> George
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "sduck409" <sduck409@...>
> To: <motm@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 11:13 PM
> Subject: [motm] Pass through holes?
>
>
> >
> > So I was soldering up the prestuffed resistors on my 480 this evening
> > (mmm...prestuffed! I could get used to this luxury...) and I had this
> > nagging question that I thought might be apropriate for this board. I
> > noticed this pcb has lots of pass through holes, or whatever those
> > little holes are called. Some of the kits have instructions to seek
> > out and fill these holes, and some of the kits don't (the 480
> > quick-kit doesn't mention them). My guess is that it has something to
> > do with who manufactures the board, and/or the board design. Does
> > anyone have any further insight on this? Should I just be filling them
> > willy-nilly? Just for the heck of it I filled some of them on the 480
> > board, but there are a LOT of them - getting them all would be a large
> > undertaking.
> >
> > Steve Drake