klem kedidelhopper wrote in message
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On May 26, 8:24 pm, AZ Nomad wrote:
On Wed, 26 May 2010 08:47:05 -0700, Smitty Two
wrote:
In article ,
AZ Nomad wrote:
On Wed, 26 May 2010 05:25:21 -0700 (PDT), sparky
wrote:

Lead free solder was invented by the government since they knew it
would create more jobs (taxes) as the lead free solder caused trouble
and things were thrown out instead of being repaired.

surface mount, package pin densities, and labor costs have guaranteed
that almost nothing is repaired beyond the board level making solder
type
irrelevent. Even board level repairs are unlikely when the cost of
repairing an item is far higher than its replacement cost.

Leadfree solder was created not to cause electronics be discarded
instead of repaired, but *because* electronics were being discarded in
great numbers. Even for items that can be repaired, they frequently
aren't repaired because anything older than about 18 months is
obsolete in the mind of the consumer.
Which is why, to stray completely off-topic, we should replace income
tax with a national sales tax. Let the 95% of the masses who are
compulsive consumers foot the bill.

Sorry. I didn't know I was responsding to a lunatic.

Sorry too but I think that these "lunatics" make a whole lot of sense.
I am one of the 5 percent who tries not to purchase anything new today
because unfortunately "new" has become synonomous with "crap". Nobody
wants you to repair anything anymore. Either the parts are so
ridiculously expensive or they're just not available. I stocked up on
lead solder a long time ago so that I'll be able to repair all my
older reliable "hazardous" electronics well into the future, until the
government makes all repair parts unavailable or comes into my house
with a search warrant for lead based solder that is. So for the time
being, **** them and the horse their "stimulus package" rode in on.
BTW how is the US military handling this reliability problem? They
wouldn't usually care too much about a small item like lead
poisoning...

oooooooo

Military,aerospace, medical have a derogation to allow continued use of
leaded solder but obtaining de-tinned components is a problem so a whole new
side-industry detinning stuff. Derogations give the game away concerning the
conspiratorial nature. Not sure if auto industry has a derogation though.