[sdiy] Component leads

[Tim Ressel]

Tin plated steel wires. Plays hell with Weller
magnetic tips. Go figure.

--Tim

--- John L Marshall <john.l.marshall at gte.net> wrote:
> Have noticed that some component leads have magnetic
> properties? diodes?
> 
> Take care,
> John
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "patchell" <patchell at silcom.com>
> To: "Scott Evans, Gen Mgr"
> <esresource at earthlink.net>
> Cc: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 6:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Component leads
> 
> 
> >     Most leads I have seen appear to be just tin
> tinplated, however, I
> > would, just for the sake of being a worry wart,
> that they use tin-lead to
> > plate the leads....
> >
> >     Hey, I just noticed something.....lead
> leads....talk about a confusing
> > mixture of words and pronunciations....
> >
> > "Scott Evans, Gen Mgr" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I am very regimented about washing after a
> soldering session to remove
> > > any lead residue on my hands. I was just
> contemplating, while sorting
> > > some resistors today, that I really am not aware
> of the composition of
> > > the leads of these components. Is there any lead
> present or any other
> > > chemical in the material that makes up the leads
> to a resistor, or any
> > > other component for that matter?
> > >
> > > Thanks, Scott
> >
> > --
> >  -Jim
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> > * Visit:http://www.silcom.com/~patchell/
> > *-----------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> 


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