In message <1.5.4.16.20000718091022.373f1d7c@lynx.sni.net>, Dan Michaels writes >Nigel Goodwin wrote: >........ >>I asked what the health hazard from the flux was, apparently it can >>cause asthma, but none of the service departments they visited had any >>asthma sufferers. >> >>According to the representative who we usually buy solder from (probably >>under 500g per year!), the new water based ones are really poor >>performers, nowhere near as good as the old fluxes. >>-- > >By "poor performers" you mean they don't clean the component leads >as well, not that they produce more asthma? Yes, they don't make soldering as easy as the older fluxes :-). The fumes produced are not 'supposed' to have any nasty side effects. -- Nigel. /--------------------------------------------------------------\ | Nigel Goodwin | Internet : nigelg@lpilsley.co.uk | | Lower Pilsley | Web Page : http://www.lpilsley.co.uk | | Chesterfield | Official site for Shin Ki and New Spirit | | England | Ju Jitsu | \--------------------------------------------------------------/ -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.