[sdiy] Future SYNTH-DIY

[Bob Weigel]

Yup.  I agree except..that I can stockpile 20 rolls of solder and it 
will last me until I retire probably in repair work.   People doing 
large amounts of diy board construction..that's a different story I'm 
sure.  It seems in the 7 years I've been in Bozeman...I've used maybe 3 
lbs or so.  Most of my time is spent doing troubleshooting the actual 
problems and the average solder outlay per project isn't all that high 
for me.  -Bob

Rainer Buchty wrote:

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>Problem is that the no-lead-in-solder law just doesn't make sense. There 
>was a reason why a certain amount of lead was added, because it was 
>useful. It prevented tin whisker growth (which is an even bigger problem 
>today with smaller footprints), it made the solder spots more durable 
>etc.
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>Besides, it's not like the lead in there would slowly creep out and harm 
>people like e.g. polychlorated biphenyls and the likes. So, from my 
>point of view, it's indeed a law made by environmentalist nit wits which 
>in the end will probably lead to *more* electronic waste resulting in a 
>bigger impact on environment than just leaving the lead in there.
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>Another thing which IIRC will be ruled out are NiCd accumulators. They 
>will become generally banned and replaced by NiMH -- only certain 
>high-power applications such as accu-powered power-drills will be 
>allowed to still have NiCd accus.
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>>Yup time to stockpile.
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>That might help the hobbyist, but not the one who wants to do business.
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>Apart from lead-free the business must also ensure proper recycling. 
>This is especially fun in Germany, where they didn't want to go for a 
>generall add-on fee per sold item and some meta-company which just gets 
>that fee and cares about recycling...
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>Small businesses will have plenty of fun with those new laws.
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>Rainer
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