Hi All,
I'm having difficulty repairing a PCB. I'm trying to solder in new power leads. I've attached a picture of where I char'd the board and melted the insulation, yet the solder sits there only barely melted.
I'm using MG Chem .032" dia, 21 guage, no clean, lead free solder, which I purchased from mouser.com. I tried melting it with both the iron, and the hot air gun on a 852++ rework station with the heat turned all the way up. I know it's getting hot... the wire's insulation melted just fine.
So I'm guessing it's the lead free solder. Is this stuff just not usable? Do I need flux? Do I just need to get leaded solder? I wouldn't think that they would make lead free solder if it didn't melt...?!?!?
What is your advice?
I'm having difficulty repairing a PCB. I'm trying to solder in new power leads. I've attached a picture of where I char'd the board and melted the insulation, yet the solder sits there only barely melted.
I'm using MG Chem .032" dia, 21 guage, no clean, lead free solder, which I purchased from mouser.com. I tried melting it with both the iron, and the hot air gun on a 852++ rework station with the heat turned all the way up. I know it's getting hot... the wire's insulation melted just fine.
So I'm guessing it's the lead free solder. Is this stuff just not usable? Do I need flux? Do I just need to get leaded solder? I wouldn't think that they would make lead free solder if it didn't melt...?!?!?
What is your advice?