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Phil Allison[_2_] Phil Allison[_2_] is offline
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Default Lead free solder


"Charles"

Has this had any impact on repair and rework of electronic devices and
equipment?


** The amount of work has increased.

Pb free solder is often brittle and cracks easily under thermal cycling,
stress or vibrations.

Standard procedure round here is to remove it with wick and use some real
60/40 Savbit solder to make the repair.



..... Phil