There are no problems using Pb-free parts, or obtaining them, either, in my experience. Most of the manufacturers and distributors have done a good job working the kinks out of the supply chain. (DigiKey was unusable for a few months, but they seem to have recovered nicely.)
Lead-free parts are just literally "tinned" with lead-free solder. They are absolutely indistinguishable from the old parts, and once you tin the leads with conventional solder they are no longer "lead-free." There is no problem using SnPb solder with Pb-free parts under any conditions I'm aware of. I imagine your third problem would be solvable by using tin-lead solder in the reflow process. Finally, some grades of lead-free solder work pretty well; the silver-bearing stuff that Radio Shack sells appears to yield decent joints. You wouldn't want to use it as long as you can still get SnPb solder, but it's not the end of the world. -- john, KE5FX -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Michael Sokolov Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 10:52 AM To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: [time-nuts] OT: RoHS crap Hello time-nuts, Sorry for the off-topic post, but reading my mail this morning I've seen a few messages go by on this list about bad solder joints due to the RoHS stupidity, and I have a question about that. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
