17 Dec
2010
17 Dec
'10
2:46 p.m.
On 17 Dec 2010 at 21:21, Tony Duell wrote:
Fortuantely, we (in the UK) are sitll allowed to use
leaded solder for
prototypes/home contruction, and for repairs on things that were
originally soldered with leaded solder. But not for devices osld
commerically (except for a few specific uses). So you can sell a kit
and the builder can solder it with lead/tin solder with no problems.
But if you sell the PCB pre-built, you have to use lead-free. Oh
well..
I'm getting used to lead-free solder repairs. The latest was the
PCB in a coffee maker--most people would simply have thrown it into
the trash.
All of the relay PCBs in my Volvo have been reworked using leaded
solder after I started to see odd failures in the electrical system.
You'd think that with the massive electronics recycling industry we
have, it'd be simply to simply recycle the (leaded) solder as well.
A major source of lead pollution was the frit seal on TV CRTs--but
who buys a CRT television nowadays? The problem took care of itself.
--Chuck