[sdiy] RoHS

[Ian Fritz]

At 03:29 PM 1/10/06, clark at andrews.edu wrote:


>    No, you do NOT need leaded components.  Lead-free components are 100%
>compatible with leaded solder.


Are you sure?  The manufacturer's literature I read on resistors only 
claims 90% wetability. Seems to work reasonably well, but I wouldn't call 
it 100%.

And how are these new alloys going to behave with time?  What if you don't 
solder them right away?  What if you have to rework something?

   Ian