Tritium
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I use the same stuff, and it's very easy to work with. I don't know where eric gets the idea that it's hard to make a good joint with silver solder.
| Originally Posted by Jazper Most "silver solder" these days has between 1 and 5% silver, the rest is tin/lead. The kester stuff I have here is about 2% silver. It seems slightly stronger than normal solder and is easy to use (roughly the same melting point I think, don't need to run the soldering iron hotter) Whether it conducts better or not, I don't know and I don't really care. |
I use the same stuff, and it's very easy to work with. I don't know where eric gets the idea that it's hard to make a good joint with silver solder.
