Hi Chris,

Sorry I was out on Friday, so I apologize for the late response. I have
your pictures posted, they are here:

http://stevezeva.homestead.com/Chris_Flux_Residue.jpg

As Guy said, I would leave it alone. I agree that an attempt to clean this
you would run the risk of wicking things up into the insulation. IMHO, it
looks fine to me.

Steve

On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 5:43 PM, Thierolf, Chris @ MPSG - SPD <
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> I'm seeking some input to a solder condition that gets scrutinized in many
> directions. For the soldering of a stranded 10-12awg stranded wire to a
> pierced resistor terminal, a no clean L0 or L1 (RO/RE) flux is used with
> 63/37 solder. This is a single solder joint on a panel mount resistor, so
> no PCB involved. Flux residue is observed and assembly rejected by QC but
> manufacturer claims its no worry, and no clean flux. My observation says it
> presents no electrical or operational issue, not a violation of J-STD-001,
> but perhaps a visual issue per IPC-A-610, sec 10.6.4
> "Flux residue inhibits visual inspection" if floor inspector claims he
> cannot see the solder joint clearly, which has occurred. We can state
> "clean the solder joint" (relatively speaking), but what really is clean in
> this case? Should we be forced to inspect these joints with 4x mag, as some
> are doing, or generate a simple guideline that allows residue up to a
> certain level? What is this level?
>
> I have a picture of a failed solder joint if interested, but not sure
> where to upload.
>
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