JanRwl@... wrote:
>"Tinpest" is NOT a problem with "tin solders" with other metals ALLOYED in
>with the tin, even when only 1% or so! Only "pure tin" can get tinpest below
>freezing!
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The article I hit last week on it mentioning the military's
unpreparedness for no-lead future said that the only thing that reliably
stops tincicles is at least somewhere from 1-3% lead. Within the
industry article, so while I didn't go looking for contradiction for it,
I'd expect they'd probably know something about it since everyone's
looking for the lead free cure. So more specifically lead, which won't
be around for some of the people shortly. Can't remember if it was 2006
or 2008 they said EU was to be lead free.. Sneak a fishing weight into
your solder bath and out pace your competition.
Also amazing how many of the dead satellites that they've worked out
after the fact died from it. Direct TV 3 and like 5 or 6 of the other
failures just in the last 5 years or so.
Alan