Manufacturers tell that their components have tinned leads or even pure tin coating. I wonder is it really so, and what about those whiskers. Planned obsolence?
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2 years ago
Tinned leads and tin whiskers
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2 years ago
Most of the time the tinned leads of old were a solder mix of tin and lead. No problems. The pure tin parts are usually where the tin whiskers come in.
Maybe some of the newer lead free solder has the whiskers.
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2 years ago
The joints just crack first, so shorting isn't a problem.