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[Thomas Parry]

I'm a young guy so lack any kind of personal (for want of a better word)
feelings towards the lead vs lead free debate.  I've always just used
what's easiest to get my hands on, which is lead free and it works for me.
 Obviously though, you know a lot more about the history and as you've
pointed out the hardships that came with the transition.

Would you say that if a modern lead based and lead free solder was used in
matching circuits by a competent solderer and qualitatively compared that
there would be much difference in the final outcome?  And would you say the
lead vs lead free debate is as relevant in solder paster for SMD components
or is it mainly a through hole debate?

Tom

On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 5:46 PM, Clive Mitchell <bigclive1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> All modern mass produced products are supposed to be lead free.  Lead
> based solder is best used to repair older equipment that is already
> lead based, but also works fine (and produces a better joint) with
> lead free components.
>
> There were a lot of problems with early lead free compositions and
> unfortunately they've created some rather toxic fluxes and alloys to
> try and solve the problems.  I've never taken a shine (much like the
> joints) to lead free solder for hand soldering.  It was another of the
> misguided eco-hippie decisions rammed through the crumbling European
> state.  Lead was used in the traditional solder alloys because it
> works really well.  Many of the British component suppliers were
> pushed to the edge of bankrupcy in the transition period when they had
> to find double the storage space over-night to stock their remaining
> lead based component stock and the new (more expensive) lead free
> stock.
>
> On 5 February 2012 17:04, Thomas Parry <yrrapt at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I don't have the answer to this, but if most manufactured products use
> lead
> > free then wouldn't lead free be more suited to repairs and mods coz
> you're
> > matching the solder already used?
>
>
>
> --
> Clive Mitchell
>
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