Based
upon hour comments Steve, it sounds like this would be true for most soldering
tips regardless of manufacturer. I'll have to pay closer attention to tip
life here.
Phil
Nutting
Hi Lou!
No Clean flux is actually the worse flux to use when you're talking
tip life. Go to:
http://www.metcal.com/tips/1.3.2.htm
There's
so little solids (it's mostly alcohol) that it flashes off the tip and doesn't
protect the tip the same way a RMA does from oxidation. I think you'll find
that you will go through more tips soldering with no clean fluxes than you do
with any other flux type.
-Steve Gregory-
TechNetters, I've noted with interest the discussion of Metcal
and other
soldering irons over the past few days. A question has
come up here about
care of Metcal tips. We've gone to some lengths
to eliminate RMA flux from
the plant. However, Metcal recommends
tinning tips with RMA-flux wire
solder. We would like to use
no-clean flux to tin tips. How risky would
such a practice be?
Any comments would be greatly appreciated. I called
Metcal
for advice and found the people I talked with to be very pleasant
and
eager to help. But no data were available, and, frankly, the people
sounded very youthful. Lou Hart
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