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July_1999
Re: BattleZone Monitor? Problem

From: Eric Anderson ( )
Date: Mon Jul 19 1999 - 17:28:01 CDT

Yep, generally I do replace instead of reflow. Is there actually any gold in
Battle Zone though? I've been using the 2% silver stuff on everything anyway.
(No harm in that, right?)

Thanks!
-Eric
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Rodger Boots wrote:

> Oh it gets worse than that! You shouldn't reflow the
> solder, you should REMOVE the solder and then use
> new solder, preferably 63/37 (available at Radio Shack
> as "high-tech" solder).
>
> Unless any part of the connection has gold in it, in which
> case you need a solder with a 2% silver content!
>

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