[s-cars] Tin whiskers

[Mark Strangways]

I don't think they use solder in joints anymore. Pretty old school.
Thinks it urethane for everything these days.

As for copper, have use seen the price of copper these days. I buy 1/2" pex 
at 25 cents a foot.
Wish I could buy copper for that.

Mark
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kent McLean" <kentmclean at comcast.net>
To: "quattro" <quattro at audifans.com>
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Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 9:41 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Tin whiskers


> Mike Sylvester wrote:
>> Are they actually using no-lead solder in the automotive industry?
>
> I dunno. That's why we have this list, to discuss stuff like this. But 
> lead is
> slowly being removed from products. Have you seen the plumbing in a new 
> house
> lately?  Most of 'em don't have copper *or* lead.
>
> -- 
> Kent McLean
> '99 A4 Avant, w/ quattro, V6, Tiptronic. "Yeah, Baby!"
> '94 100 S Avant, "Moody"
> '91 200 TQA #1, undecided
> '91 200 TQA #2, up in smoke 2
> '89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy", up in smoke
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