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01.29.2006, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by mt_enthusiast
I had a 40 Watt iron and a 100 watt soldering gun from Radio Shack. Neither worked and I thought it must be tough to make a good set of batteries. MetalMan confirmed these weren't good enough from the problems I described. I bought the $10 60Watt soldering iron and resin core solder from my LHS. Works well! For reference, the iron is Hobbico and the solder is Kester rosin core with non-corrosive flux.
So was it the solder that made a differance? I can never ger the stuff to stick to the battery guess i need some sand paper.
   
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