[sdiy] Heading towards RoHS compliance

[Ingo Debus]

Am 21.08.2009 um 01:41 schrieb Graham Atkins:

> Unless you are making PCB's for commercial use and selling
> them in Europe or the east why bother with RoHS at all ?
>

I think the original question was whether it's ok to solder RoHS PCBs  
with leaded solder (AFAIK there's no problem with that).

>
> On 21 Aug 2009, at 00:23, Tim Ressel wrote:
>
>> If you must, you'll find the solder does not 'wick' as well as  
>> good solder. Flux helps, as does higher heat on the iron.

What kind of solder are you using? I use Sn95,5Ag3,8Cu0,7 and I  
cannot tell any differece to leaded solder. I don't use a higher  
temperature either.

Ingo