"Michael Kennedy" wrote in message
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"Tim Shoppa" wrote in message
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On Feb 18, 5:11 pm, clifto wrote:
Michael Kennedy wrote:
"Smitty Two" wrote...
Let's be clear that the United States has less stringent regulations.
AIUI, commercial (as opposed to consumer) boards for sale in the U.S.
may still use leaded solder.

Hmm.. I didn't realize that there were any regulations on leaded solder
here
in the USA. I just thought we got consumer grade crap that was
manufactured
for sale in the EU that happens to be ROHS compliant.

Ditto. I'd love to know about any laws banning leaded solder in the USA
so I can get a jump on starting my new multimillion-dollar recycled home-
electronics business.

For residential plumbing, lead solder has been illegal in the US since
1988 or so.

Tim.

Well there is lead solder in my house and I drink the water. No lead
poisoning yet..

Mike

Many old houses over here still have lead pipework feeding them with water.
Certainly, the house that I lived in and drank the water in for many years
as a kid, had lead pipes. Leaded solder was banned here some years ago for
'open' pipework systems, but as far as I know, there was no such restriction
for 'closed' systems such as central heating. Lead is not soluble in water
anyway, so I see no reason that water passing through lead pipes, let alone
just moving past leaded solder joints, should become contaminated. I have a
friend who is a plumber, and he told me that it is very much harder to get a
guaranteed good joint first time, with lead-free solder, due to the very odd
melting and re-solidifying characteristics that it has.

Arfa