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| Date: | Mon, 22 May 2006 10:24:17 EDT |
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In a message dated 5/22/06 9:40:19, [log in to unmask] writes:
> Before we get too far down an alternate path, I think the major concern
> isn't the solder joint failing, it is the growth of whiskers causing short
> circuits. A decent manufacturer will create lead free solder joints that
> are at least as robust as leaded joints. In some cases, the change to lead
> free is causing manufacturers to learn more about their processes, probably
> leading to better quality. The whisker problem is well documented. It's
> effect is not, and may never be, but is often overblown. most whiskers
> will not grow long enought to cause a problem, will not fall off into
> another circuit, or will fuse themselves. And when they do cause a
> problem, the consumer will just accept that their iPod no longer functions,
> and throw it in the landfill and buy another.
>
I am sorry to say, but it is attitudes like these that got us into the sad
situation we have with the LF part of RoHS in the first place.
Werner
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