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The Philpott · 16th Mar 2018, 7:43 pm

I just discovered that my old reels of Rosin cored 18SWG (badged as SAV1 alloy) are 50% Sn, 48.5% Pb and 1.5% Cu. It has never seemed to be quite as flowable/user friendly as 60/40.

I think that in the short term what we might expect is a change in legislation to allow only boxed reels, with a big hazard label on the box. Something along the lines of the standardised letter 'a' logo that we used to see on boxes of brake pads.

16th Mar 2018, 7:43 pm	#36
The Philpott Dekatron Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Colchester, Essex, UK. Posts: 4,108	Re: Availability of Leaded Solder? I just discovered that my old reels of Rosin cored 18SWG (badged as SAV1 alloy) are 50% Sn, 48.5% Pb and 1.5% Cu. It has never seemed to be quite as flowable/user friendly as 60/40. I think that in the short term what we might expect is a change in legislation to allow only boxed reels, with a big hazard label on the box. Something along the lines of the standardised letter 'a' logo that we used to see on boxes of brake pads.