Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #00811
To: James Anderson anderson@cfht.hawaii.edu
From: James Niemasik jfn@best.com
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 17:40:21 -0800
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: First Question...
Was the solar cell pretinned? Was it a Sunceram cell? If the cell is pretinned,
just hold the lead down on the pad, melt the solder with your iron, let the lead
sink into it, and remove your iron and let it harden.
James Anderson wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I just starting out at this, and would like to thank all of you that maintain
> BEAM web-sites. I've been surfing around and the information has been
> invaluable.
>
> Anyway, I tried to make my first solar-engine this week-end, and my biggest
> problem (I believe) was not being able to securely solder to the solar cell.
>
> Any advice on this would be much appreciated...
>
> Wondering Aimlessly,
> James Anderson
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* James Niemasik
* jfn@best.com
* James' BEAM Robotics Page:
* http://welcome.to/jamesbeam
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