Since solder is such a poor conductor, why use it?


Why would we not weld all joints. Welded silver or copper wire would not have the loss of conductivity of going through solder.
tbg

Showing 1 response by geoffkait

Electron tubes are not soldered into place. All those ribbon connectors are not soldered. Why not use tiny little mechanical connectors instead of solder? Has anyone actually measured the losses due to all the solder connections? One wonders how much it could be and compared to what.