>In a message dated 00-06-26 21:53:36 EDT, you write:
>
>> Then came the fun part. I removed the springy metal negative
contact
>> from the battery compartment so as not to melt the plastic with the
>> soldering iron, ground off the corrosion till I got bright, shiny
metal,
>> put on a little flux and tried to tin the contact. Much to my
surprise
>> the tin/silver solder just rolls off that spring contact like water
off
>> a duck's back.
>
>I have some solder that I used to solder stainless steel. The flux is
>probably acid but "TinZinc" is sold as a universal solder combining
aluminum,
>copper, brass, bronze, stainless steel, pewter and cast iron. It
melts at
>210C or 410F. It is made by Universal Solder of Carlsbad, Calif.
>
If it is really stainless steel, then there wouldn't be any corrosion
in the first place! Something's funny about this picture.....
Be seeing you.
Dirk Wright
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