4 Jun
2006
4 Jun
'06
3:44 p.m.
On Sun, 4 Jun 2006, Bruce Lane wrote:
Hi, gang,
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On 04-Jun-06 at 21:51 Ethan Dicks wrote:
There is no problem in general using RoHS compliant parts with Tin/Lead solder
assembly, as long as the RoHS parts do not contain Bismuth (which is rare and
may be banned by the next RoHS standards - goodbye Pepto-Bismol)
On 6/4/06, Gooijen, Henk <henk.gooijen at
oce.com> wrote:
<snippety>
I would also question if it's bad to mix the parts. I've already done so,
several times, and found that regular lead-bearing solder works just fine on RoHS
components.
While I have no doubt that the special solder and techniques will be required for
manufacturing, I don't see (at least for the moment) why regular solder will not work.
If you're paranoid about it, you can do as I've done for years and use solder with
1.4% silver.
Keep the peace(es).
For repair of non-RoHS complint equipment, it is
still allowed to use the
"old" parts. The RoHS rule only applies to new-built equipment.
As a hobbyist you must make sure that you do not mix RoHS and non-RoHS
parts
because the technique and the material to solder these parts are
different.
Well... 1/8W RoHS resistors and decoupling caps can't cost that much,
and presumably the new "solder" will still wick to gold, so one could
still use old gold-plated machine-pin sockets, yes?
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