Comments on: Lead-free soldering http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/archives/2006/09/07/lead-free-soldering/ Sarah and Alaric Snell-Pym living in interesting times Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:44:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Charlee http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/archives/2006/09/07/lead-free-soldering/comment-page-1/#comment-6315 Charlee Thu, 07 Sep 2006 21:33:19 +0000 http://snell-pym.org.uk/archives/2006/09/07/lead-free-soldering/#comment-6315 <p>Good point, well made. Here here</p> Good point, well made. Here here

]]> By: sarah http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/archives/2006/09/07/lead-free-soldering/comment-page-1/#comment-6265 sarah Thu, 07 Sep 2006 12:25:36 +0000 http://snell-pym.org.uk/archives/2006/09/07/lead-free-soldering/#comment-6265 <p>If as you say the lead solder is an issue in landfill sites cos the Pb might leach into the water table then surely that is a matter of bad waste disposal and the fact that electronic components are thrown away weather they are any good or not!</p> <p>It seems stupid to make things less reliable so the will break more and make more rubbish to fill up the landfills and to waste rear metals and things in reather than jmust sorting the waste so that something 'proper' happens to the eletrical stuff.</p> <p>I know that recycling these things can be hard but I'm sure that more of it can be reused than is plus if it was a consideration in the first place perhape the larger things would be made more 'repairable' in the first place rather than our societies propensity to throw away.</p> If as you say the lead solder is an issue in landfill sites cos the Pb might leach into the water table then surely that is a matter of bad waste disposal and the fact that electronic components are thrown away weather they are any good or not!

It seems stupid to make things less reliable so the will break more and make more rubbish to fill up the landfills and to waste rear metals and things in reather than jmust sorting the waste so that something 'proper' happens to the eletrical stuff.

I know that recycling these things can be hard but I'm sure that more of it can be reused than is plus if it was a consideration in the first place perhape the larger things would be made more 'repairable' in the first place rather than our societies propensity to throw away.

]]> By: alaric http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/archives/2006/09/07/lead-free-soldering/comment-page-1/#comment-6261 alaric Thu, 07 Sep 2006 12:17:15 +0000 http://snell-pym.org.uk/archives/2006/09/07/lead-free-soldering/#comment-6261 <p>Lead solder will still be available, since some kinds of equipment are exempt from the requirements - and lead solder is still needed to repair existing lead-soldered things :-)</p> <p>Lead-free solder is MORE hazardous to solder with, since the flux used is 'nastier', and it's the flux that generates the fumes when soldering.</p> <p>I already have some spare soldering irons you can have :-)</p> Lead solder will still be available, since some kinds of equipment are exempt from the requirements - and lead solder is still needed to repair existing lead-soldered things :-)

Lead-free solder is MORE hazardous to solder with, since the flux used is 'nastier', and it's the flux that generates the fumes when soldering.

I already have some spare soldering irons you can have :-)

]]> By: sarah http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/archives/2006/09/07/lead-free-soldering/comment-page-1/#comment-6256 sarah Thu, 07 Sep 2006 12:05:45 +0000 http://snell-pym.org.uk/archives/2006/09/07/lead-free-soldering/#comment-6256 <p>Couldn't we find a lead solder supplier and order loads in for the future or is it that anything we make for cutomers now has to be lead free? - surely the lead isnt a problem in proper ventilated areas with a filtered mask?</p> <p>If you can't and need a new iron can I have the old one for pyrography? Please?</p> Couldn't we find a lead solder supplier and order loads in for the future or is it that anything we make for cutomers now has to be lead free? - surely the lead isnt a problem in proper ventilated areas with a filtered mask?

If you can't and need a new iron can I have the old one for pyrography? Please?

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