Thanks Andy,

I have a cell phone charger from a major cell phone supplier who proclaims
to have made the full transition to lead-free and it had failed within 6
months of purchase. I don't know if the cause is related to the lead-free solder
or not but it has the manufacture's brand name on it so I must assume that it
is  a lead-free product.

I may be overly cynical but lead-free seems a sure way to "nickel and  dime"
the consumer and ultimately assure product obsolescence. As you  infer,
however, the purveyors need to get the time to failure to  occur just inside the
consumers "threshold of pain".

I heard some years ago, what I consider a well thought through  definition of
reliability.

"Reliability is best measured, not by the return of the product, but by the
return of the customer".

It is possible that lead-free may prove a dance on a razor's  edge relative
to maintaining customer loyalty.

"Once bitten, twice shy"

Thanks again,
Joe

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