Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 23 14:27:22 EDT 2010 | hegemon
I am concerned about a 'tarnishing' effect after moisture bake out that affects solderability on a batch of PCBs. This finish is new to us,and I am wondering if anyone has ideas about how to drive the moisture out of the boards without compromising
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 08 11:11:16 EST 1999 | John Thorup
Believe it! Although it might be necessary in certain rare cases, and as Ray says, as a bandaid, to routinely bake your boards is a mistake. For much more info, search the IPC technet archives over the last few weeks. It was a popular thread
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 10 09:42:05 EST 1999 | Boca
Generic fabs should not require baking. Some special cases like teflon and flex circuits take moisture very well, they often continue to require a trip to the oven. Best wishes, Boca
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 26 09:30:44 EDT 2008 | pcbbuilders
i acutally meant to bake components that are moisture sensitive before placing them. i just want to use a toaster (not the pop up kind), maybe the best way is to just get an oven thermomoter and see where the 125c setting would be on the toaster.
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 23 17:00:31 EDT 2010 | davef
Hegeman: So you receive these boards in seal moisture barrier bags, store them in a controlled environment, and use them as needed; what is your goal in baking these poor babies?
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 26 10:55:27 EDT 2008 | wavemasterlarry
I gotcha. Leave it to the profesionals. (see my picture to see why)
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 25 08:37:50 EDT 2008 | pcbbuilders
I am looking for an inexpensive way to bake just a few components. would a toaster oven be okay on the low setting (i would get a thermometer!) do i need to get something to place the components on? maybe a silicon cooking mat (not sure about the ESD
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 26 07:39:54 EDT 2008 | evtimov
thanks. i was looking at the silicon horizon > controller for the toaster. just to help keep the > temp constant since i can not watch it all night! this way of baking is good just for small quantities. If you want to built a lot of boards, you b
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 26 18:09:07 EDT 2010 | hegemon
Obviously knowledge in this area is still in a bit of a 'flux'. Dave, you had the right idea, the "putz"s signed off on the responsibility, and sent a new batch o'boards. FAST. This new batch were at least date code in 2010, and we had no issues so
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 25 12:18:10 EDT 2008 | evtimov
I am looking for an inexpensive way to bake just > a few components. would a toaster oven be okay on > the low setting (i would get a thermometer!) do i > need to get something to place the components on? > maybe a silicon cooking mat (not sure a
