Do musos know how shoddy their expensive kit is?

Is *musos* Nigel-speak for, uh.. no guesses (heh)

-- Cheers, WB .............

Yes, they know. I am not sure PBF is a requirement to sell electronics now, but I suggest buying all the lead based solder you can get.

This shitty solder means work for us I guess. I have seen this pullout phen omenon. You know in the US they tried using aluminum (same shit as in the n ew solder) for electrical wires. They stopped because of too many fires.

You know I want to know what they're doing with all that extra lead. They w ould never remove it if it had no market. Not in the US where the companies own the government. Pushing this lead free shit is like getting off the go ld standard, it LOOKS good but it certainly benefits someone who is not goi ng to share with us.

They make more from the shit they refine OUT OF salt than off the salt. You r lowfat milk doesn't just have water added, they SELL what they took out o f it for feed for cattle and shit. Organisms which make them more money whe n healthy rather than in the US with humans, where misery and sickness is t he biggest industry other than war.

Lead is important for nuclear stuff to some extent. It is a good shield. Ma ybe they want to make suit to protect themselves while denying us the basic materials to do so.

You know they have strict regulations on the sale of gas masks here. Yeah, I guess you could really hurt someone with one of those. You know goddamn w ell what they want is the absolute undisputed power of life and death over us.

A truly godlike aspiriation wouldn't you say ?

Let's get our facts straight.

The new solder does not use aluminum.

As for aluminum wiring... When copper got really expensive, aluminum wire came into wide use. The problem with aluminum is that it develops an oxide coat. (This is the very thing that makes it relatively immune to corrosion.) Over time, the coat cracks under pressure from the screws, and the connection develops a high resistance. The causes overheating, and fires.

Aluminum wire can be used if the terminations are copper coated.

Where did you get that idea? It's low fat because the fat is removed.

Since when do cattle consume butterfat (other than as calves)? The fat removed is used in ice cream and other dairy products.

I'd like to hear those committee members and various legislators crying about their flashy new electronic devices that keep failing to operate.

That's probably the only payback the rest of us will get out of RoHS.

-- Cheers, WB .............

This shitty solder means work for us I guess. I have seen this pullout phenomenon. You know in the US they tried using aluminum (same shit as in the new solder) for electrical wires. They stopped because of too many fires.

You know I want to know what they're doing with all that extra lead. They would never remove it if it had no market. Not in the US where the companies own the government. Pushing this lead free shit is like getting off the gold standard, it LOOKS good but it certainly benefits someone who is not going to share with us.

They make more from the shit they refine OUT OF salt than off the salt. Your lowfat milk doesn't just have water added, they SELL what they took out of it for feed for cattle and shit. Organisms which make them more money when healthy rather than in the US with humans, where misery and sickness is the biggest industry other than war.

Lead is important for nuclear stuff to some extent. It is a good shield. Maybe they want to make suit to protect themselves while denying us the basic materials to do so.

You know they have strict regulations on the sale of gas masks here. Yeah, I guess you could really hurt someone with one of those. You know goddamn well what they want is the absolute undisputed power of life and death over us.

A truly godlike aspiriation wouldn't you say ?