[sdiy] No-lead leads

harrybissell harrybissell at prodigy.net
Sun Jul 31 00:12:25 CEST 2005


No Problem soldering them, Ian

try soldering them in a couple years :^P

H^) harry   (Pb forever)

Ian Fritz wrote:

> 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




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