[sdiy] No-lead leads

[Ian Fritz]

At 12:37 PM 7/30/05, Oakley Sound wrote:
>Rapid Electronics in the UK are now doing RoHS compliant resistors. And
>they are 40p cheaper than the old packs of 100. 100 resistors for 80p!!
>They solder well enough with ordinary tin-lead solder.
>
>The only downside is that they have a matte finish to the body and don't
>look as nice. I can live with that though.
>
>Tony




Well, I guess the matte finish will help you to distinguish the legal parts 
from the illegal.  :-)

The ones I ordered are the 50 ppm  1/8 watt  Xicon units.  Can't wait to 
try soldering them!

   Ian