22 Jun
2010
22 Jun
'10
1:13 p.m.
On 22 Jun 2010 at 19:33, Tony Duell wrote:
A couple of metalurgists have said to me that lead was
originally used
in solder for good reasons... I am not at all convinced that the
lead-free alternatives are as good.
Heh, after I learned that lead-free solder was used by Bosch in my
Volvo brick, mysterious electrical problems got a lot easier to
solve. All of the relays have been resoldered with leaded solder.
The next project is the instrument cluster. Something about the lead-
free stuff used not holding up well to years of vibration.
It also got cheaper to repair. Instead of buying a new headlight
relay for $200, resoldering the PCB in the old one works just as
well.
--Chuck