> I do not know why the manufacturers insist on gold plating leads that are > designed to be soldered. Silver plating seems like a better solution.
Gold doesn't tarnish so you can get a good solder joint after it's been sitting around for a while. There are enough hassles with lead that some/many PCBs now come with gold over the exposed copper rather than solder. I think the trick is to make the gold very very thin so it just disappears into the solder. -- These are my opinions, not necessarily my employer's. I hate spam. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
