Re: solder pot?

On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 17:31:37 -0700, "Walter Harley"
<walterh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I need to tin the ends of about 2000 pieces of 24ga stranded wire (so, about
4000 ends). This is for the wiring harness of an item I manufacture, so
I'll need to do this again every few months.

This seems tedious to do with soldering pencil. Is a solder pot the
approach that is used commercially? Can anyone with practical experience
give me tips as to what features I might find useful or non-useful, tips on
best practices, preferred brands, etc.?

Thanks!


If you go that route, which is quite practical, you will need to ensure that you
have supplies of a suitable resin flux, as the continued heating of the solder
will rapidly oxidise the contents.

Resin fluxes are getting hard to come by in the UK but can be found with a bit
of searching, don't know about other parts of the world.

Fume extraction might also be advisable.

Peter
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