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Really RS Components, I am not allowed to order solder anymore??
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penfold:

--- Quote from: coppercone2 on February 15, 2021, 01:46:03 am ---I mean mass market anti lead seems good enough, trying to pinch off the engineering department makes little sense, those are not mass market prototypes. Lead solder just works better, leave it for the factory engineer to figure out how to make it work with lead free optimally and let engineers and repair people use lead since it basically amounts to nothing in the environment?

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The "ban" only applies to non-professional uses at present, so it still allows for use in prototype dev, just so long as you can prove you're not just a hobbyist
GlennSprigg:

--- Quote from: penfold on February 15, 2021, 10:12:07 am ---
--- Quote from: coppercone2 on February 15, 2021, 01:46:03 am ---I mean mass market anti lead seems good enough, trying to pinch off the engineering department makes little sense, those are not mass market prototypes. Lead solder just works better, leave it for the factory engineer to figure out how to make it work with lead free optimally and let engineers and repair people use lead since it basically amounts to nothing in the environment?

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The "ban" only applies to non-professional uses at present, so it still allows for use in prototype dev, just so long as you can prove you're not just a hobbyist

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I hear you, but I think it should be the REVERSE!   'Hobbyists' soldering a few components/wires at HOME, is not
the problem, and probably wont end up in landfill. However, the huge 'registered' Companies that manufacture
multiple millions of devices/circuits worldwide, are the ones that should be limited!   8)
tooki:

--- Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on February 14, 2021, 12:45:47 am ---How would one manufacture resin core solder, anyway?

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Huh? We can and do...
Siwastaja:

--- Quote from: GlennSprigg on February 15, 2021, 12:17:31 pm ---However, the huge 'registered' Companies that manufacture
multiple millions of devices/circuits worldwide, are the ones that should be limited!   8)

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But they ARE limited, have been for a long time now. (See RoHS for example.)
penfold:

--- Quote from: Siwastaja on February 15, 2021, 03:33:06 pm ---
--- Quote from: GlennSprigg on February 15, 2021, 12:17:31 pm ---However, the huge 'registered' Companies that manufacture
multiple millions of devices/circuits worldwide, are the ones that should be limited!   8)

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But they ARE limited, have been for a long time now. (See RoHS for example.)

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Yes, restricted from selling stuff containing lead to consumers (I've not needed to check recently but I assume even the remaining exemptions have been revoked for telecoms and other non-consumer stuff?), but professionals have never been restricted in purchasing it for prototype and legacy rework/repair stuff at their own discretion.
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