[Elecraft] Tin Whiskers

[Jeff Burns]

I have never purchased extended warrantees on electronics, but I may start.
Lead is being outlawed in electronics in Europe, and most of the rest of the
world is going the same way. I work in automotive electronics, and have been
aware this was coming for years, but our customers are now starting to
demand lead-free products. There is lots of work going on to figure out how
to make reliable products without lead, but I expect there will be lots of
problems.  

Jeff Burns
AD9T

-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mike Walkington
Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 4:47 AM
To: Elecraft-Reflector
Subject: [Elecraft] Tin Whiskers

Check this out, and hope that you used some solder with Pb in it!

 http://nepp.nasa.gov/whisker/photos/


Mike
VK1KCK
K2#2599



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