Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: Homebrew PCBs

Well, I already knew lead-free solder was stupid, but that article is a good read.

The way I see it, lead-free = higher failure rate (and maybe not just from whiskers but probably also from higher soldering temperatures damaging components more) = more stuff thrown away = more in landfills and more pollution = pretty much the opposite of what RoHS is supposed to achieve!

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Russell Shaw <rjshaw@...> wrote:
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> The stupidy of European government knows no bounds.
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> Understanding and mitigating tin whiskers
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> <http://www.eetimes.com/design/military-aerospace-design/4230652/Understanding-and-mitigating-tin-whiskers?pageNumber=0&Ecosystem=communications-design>
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