On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 09:55:00 -0500, Chuck Harris wrote:
James Sweet wrote:

The whole Lead issue is a hot button in the electronic industry. It
started in Europe, and has spread. Essentially, the mandate is out to
get the lead out of solder in the manufacturing process. I really don't
quite know how this is going to affect the service industry yet. I still
have my trusty 60/40 Kester next to the bench. Sometime in the future i
might have to have separate solder pencils for non leaded solder,
special solder, and a method to ID what it is. Time will tell.

I never have had much luck with lead free solder, never seems to
make good joints.

One wonders how many Printed Circuit Board
equivalents of lead one improperly discarded
automotive battery contains?
My guess would be thousands of circuit cards worth
of lead.
How many car batteries are out there?

'They' are so dead set against lead being put into the ground.
Just where the hell do 'they' think it came from in the first place?