Turrets are a challenge to solder to

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Re: Turrets are a challenge to solder to

Post by guitarmike2107 »

Yip nickel plated.. just confirmed that.

My normal supplier has offered them in Tin plating (slightly more expensive) and silver plating (much more expensive)

whats the issues with tin plating, if any?
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Re: Turrets are a challenge to solder to

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Hmm.. tin..

The solder will stick like napalm to an enemy combatant.

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Re: Turrets are a challenge to solder to

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guitarmike2107 wrote:I was more thinking about if you had a box full of 10000 turrets, is there an easy way to nail them all in one go... to make sure you don''t have any issues when soldering?
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Re: Turrets are a challenge to solder to

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what about using a can of coke? i got a shit batch of 100 turrets from tube depot and needa clean them too :x
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Re: Turrets are a challenge to solder to

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Reeltarded wrote:
guitarmike2107 wrote:I was more thinking about if you had a box full of 10000 turrets, is there an easy way to nail them all in one go... to make sure you don''t have any issues when soldering?
.05% muriatic bath, then detergent.
And for the detergent, folks swear by the Scrubbing Bubbles brand, at least for cleaning filthy circuit boards.
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Re: Turrets are a challenge to solder to

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ACDCG400 wrote:what about using a can of coke? i got a shit batch of 100 turrets from tube depot and needa clean them too :x
Me too!
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