[sdiy] No-lead leads

[harrybissell]

No... TI used an accelerated method with some high temperature and
STRONG gasses (I would not like to breathe...). The tests took 48 hours.

H^) harry

Seb Francis wrote:

> Thanks for the responses on this subject
>
> .. so all my Pb-free components are going in ziplock bags filled with
> nitrogen, and a couple of mothballs just to be on the safe side ;)
>
> Seriously though since my components are stored in little plastic
> drawers in a dry environment I'm not going to worry too much.  If after
> 8 years I have to throw a few things, or use a super-strength flux
> solder then it's not the end of the world :)
>
> Incidently I wonder if TI actually took 8 years to come to these
> findings - I think not.  As Harry says, time will tell!
>
> Seb