<div>Eddie,</div> <div> </div> <div>The simple thing to do would be to weigh your solder before you make several connections, then weigh it after. That will tell you how much solder you just used.</div> <div> </div> <div>Are we nitpicking or what!!! :-)</div> <div> </div> <div>Bob R.</div> <div><BR><BR><B><I>Winston E Batchelor <perkinsrx@centurytel.net></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1528" name=GENERATOR> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bob</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I agree -especially if you are careful while making the connection. More solder doesn't make a better connection, just like if 2 Tylenol is good then 4 will really help- NO and it may make things worse.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I purposefully only weighed new unused
connectors just for the reason of the variation of solder.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The only thing I have both used and unused in is Schultze 4mm. I will weight them seperately and see what I get and report back.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Now that I've made up a few connections I feel as though I'm not overly applying the solder anymore. It had been about 20 years since I did much soldering and it took a little practice. Besides growing up in my dad's TV shop he didn't care how much the solder joint weighed as long as it was a good connection<G>.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I only did the weights for comparison out of curosity and because I have a pharmaceutical grade balance at work.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Eddie</FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=bob@toprudder.com href="mailto:bob@toprudder.com">Bob Richards</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA Mailing List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 17, 2007 8:01 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Connector weights was RE: Connectors -Electric</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>I've read where you guys weigh the connectors, but do any of you weigh the solder that you use as well? Seems to me there could be a difference with some connectors.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Bob R.</DIV> <DIV><BR><BR> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>