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385° is nowhere near hot enough to melt solder - Especially today's lead free types.

beatlefreak wrote:In a conventional oven, it wouldn't get hot enough to melt the solder.

Well, that's not entirely true, it depends on the solder used and (of course) the oven temp and how long you leave it there. For instance, the old tin/lead solder, the 63/37 eutectic stuff has the lowest melting point and was very commonly used for reflow (oven) soldering. This solder has a melting point of just 361.4F, so putting it in a 385F oven as described in the "procedure" could actually melt the solder.

Now, most of the new lead free solders have higher melting points, between 417F & 437F, but there are a few alloys that melt as low as 244F...

cjj wrote:Well, that's not entirely true, it depends on the solder used and (of course) the oven temp and how long you leave it there. For instance, the old tin/lead solder, the 63/37 eutectic stuff has the lowest melting point and was very commonly used for reflow (oven) soldering. This solder has a melting point of just 361.4F, so putting it in a 385F oven as described in the "procedure" could actually melt the solder.

Now, most of the new lead free solders have higher melting points, between 417F & 437F, but there are a few alloys that melt as low as 244F...

Cool, more useless useful info to spew out at parties.

jps wrote:

cjj wrote:Well, that's not entirely true, it depends on the solder used and (of course) the oven temp and how long you leave it there. For instance, the old tin/lead solder, the 63/37 eutectic stuff has the lowest melting point and was very commonly used for reflow (oven) soldering. This solder has a melting point of just 361.4F, so putting it in a 385F oven as described in the "procedure" could actually melt the solder.

Now, most of the new lead free solders have higher melting points, between 417F & 437F, but there are a few alloys that melt as low as 244F...

Cool, more useless useful info to spew out at parties.

You wouldn't believe the amount of odd, weird, and useless info I've got cluttering up my brain...

It could be a Jeopardy question!

I currently have a 660 on top of a 330 in their cases (not much room you see) with no problem.

Trav wrote:I currently have a 660 on top of a 330 in their cases (not much room you see) with no problem.

Be very careful, otherwise, you will end up with a 990!

jps wrote:

Trav wrote:I currently have a 660 on top of a 330 in their cases (not much room you see) with no problem.

Be very careful, otherwise, you will end up with a 990!

Or, if things go really badly, a 2.