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[HP67]

(03-21-2014 09:51 PM)Garth Wilson Wrote:  

Quote:the issue of lead-free solder that is a ticking-timebomb for all electronics. There's no way around this

It has to be lead-free for the European market, but not the American or that of many other countries.

This is potentially great news. All my 50gs were marked North America on the packaging. I wonder if anybody can verify whether HP is using regular solder or unleaded based on market, or whether it was cheaper to do it all unleaded.

(03-21-2014 09:51 PM)Garth Wilson Wrote:  The PCB manufacturers and assembly houses we use offer lead-free but leaded is still rather standard. Because of the problems with lead-free and the long lives our products are expected to be in service (20 years or so), our company has basically said the European market is just not worth the trouble.

Interesting...

Thanks for your comments. I wasn't aware of these details.