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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Hey friend. So I’ve never soldered before really. I was looking at harbor freight and they have two types could you verify if I could use the cheaper one? I don’t fully know the differences. https://lemmy.today/pictrs/image/c5fa90cd-305e-499a-90ee-e1a9897793bc.jpeghttps://lemmy.today/pictrs/image/7c70f4ad-9267-4486-abdf-8ed568fa8f51.jpeg

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Hey! You can definitely use the cheaper one, it's still a lead-free rosin core, but just doesn't come with as much solder as the more expensive one. And you'll use very little for a Tsop flash, not even a quarter of what's in the cheaper one (even less than a quarter of it)