"mike"
Phil Allison wrote:
"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.


Arent't there some legal issues with that?


**You tell us - ****head

But round here = Australia where the RoHS directive is not law.

Nor is it law in Japan, North America and most places.

And would not give a **** if it was.


..... Phil