[s-cars] Proper Solder Technique?

[Igor Kessel]

Fred Munro wrote:
>
> Hi Igor;
>
>  AKAIK nickel usually requires a special flux (i.e. zinc chloride).
> Electroless nickel requires a flouride-based flux. Since most people solder
> with the common acid-based flux designed for copper pipe (not a good idea on
> wiring, folks!) or rosin-based flux for copper electrical wiring, trying to
> solder Ni or Ni-Cr wiring usually doesn't go very well. I've never had much
> luck trying to solder Ni-Cr wire using the common solders and fluxes - the
> wire just doesn't wet.
>

Fred,
I agree with you on NiCr - it is impossible to solder as I had found at
the age of 12 while trying to repair a hotplate with a burnt heating
spiral.

However, I did solder Cu wires to pure Ni electrodes welded onto the SS
acceleration sensors that I used to design in that "women's underwear'
Co"  :-)

--
Igor Kessel
two turbo quattros