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Re: "aged" solder joints???

4/2/2004 1:19 PM
Wild Bill	Re: "aged" solder joints??? I agree...BS! After a few months a touched-up solder joint will look the same as the others. The dull colour is due to a thin film of lead oxide forming on the surface of the solder. Unlike iron rusting the film protects the solder underneath and the process stops, like an old copper pipe. So why would anyone put the effort in when a few months of time would do the job by itself? Has anyone ever opened up a 30 year old amp and after looking at the connections commented "This connection is original but that one looks about 15 years old and those others only about 5..." This guy sounds like someone I voted for! "The things you see when you haven't got a gun!" ---Wild Bill

4/2/2004 1:19 PM

Wild Bill

Re: "aged" solder joints???

I agree...BS!

After a few months a touched-up solder joint will look the same as the others. The dull colour is due to a thin film of lead oxide forming on the surface of the solder. Unlike iron rusting the film protects the solder underneath and the process stops, like an old copper pipe. So why would anyone put the effort in when a few months of time would do the job by itself?

Has anyone ever opened up a 30 year old amp and after looking at the connections commented "This connection is original but that one looks about 15 years old and those others only about 5..."

This guy sounds like someone I voted for!

"The things you see when you haven't got a gun!"

---Wild Bill

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RedHouse Slightly off topic, but regarding d... -- 4/2/2004 4:53 PM