Now that is a very solid, well laid out argument against lead free solder. Unfortunately I don't see any whisker growth on any of the lead free stuff I immediately have at hand (45x microscope). Maybe next year... -Adam On 4/19/07, Dwayne Reid wrote: > My partner's friend forwarded a newsletter article titled "Rollback > the Lead-Free Initiative". > > The thoughts expressed in that article pretty much match my views but > I thought that I'd pass a link to the article and see what thoughts > others on this list might have. > > > > FWIW - my own experience with Tin Whisker Formation was at a local > power generating plant. The problem was severe enough that I > recommended complete replacement of the affected systems. They did > just that. > > Many of those tin whiskers exceeded 6mm length. > > dwayne > > -- > Dwayne Reid > Trinity Electronics Systems Ltd Edmonton, AB, CANADA > (780) 489-3199 voice (780) 487-6397 fax > > Celebrating 22 years of Engineering Innovation (1984 - 2006) > .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .- > `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' > Do NOT send unsolicited commercial email to this email address. > This message neither grants consent to receive unsolicited > commercial email nor is intended to solicit commercial email. > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Moving in southeast Michigan? Buy my house: http://ubasics.com/house/ Interested in electronics? Check out the projects at http://ubasics.com Building your own house? Check out http://ubasics.com/home/ -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist