Lead free solder...

[barkin]

Because that's what you told them?

From their Terms & Conditions of Sale:

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1.5 RS is a business-to-business supplier. The RS website is intended for use by business customers and not by private individuals acting as consumers (“Consumers”). 

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Edited October 22, 2019 by barkin
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[taunton-hobbit]

57 minutes ago, Count Bassy said:

I obviously count as a professional user for some reason.

Anyone that dealt direct  with RS used to be regarded as a professional user

😎

[ezbass]

56 minutes ago, taunton-hobbit said:

Anyone that dealt direct  with RS used to be regarded as a professional user

😎

Ah, RS Components. When I was an office equipment engineer, I used to love trawling through the new RS catalogues when they came in.

[EliasMooseblaster]

On 20/10/2019 at 21:22, itu said:

Melting point of lead (Pb) is around 330 degree Celsius and boiling point over 1700 Celsius. If you are able to boil the tin with your iron, I would love to know the model, as I want similar. might then be able to melt the lead-free stuff...

Fixed...

[Stub Mandrel]

1 hour ago, ezbass said:

Ah, RS Components. When I was an office equipment engineer, I used to love trawling through the new RS catalogues when they came in.

Johnny-come-lately.

When I was a kid my dad used to let me add a few bits to his Radiospares orders 🙂

[Stub Mandrel]

On 20/10/2019 at 21:22, itu said:

And the fumes are...? Flux, i.e. resin/rosin. It is true, you do not have to inhale it. The similar resins are there in the lead-free, too.

Melting point of lead (Pb) is around 330 degree Celsius and boiling point over 1700 Celsius. If you are able to boil the tin with your iron, I would love to know the model, as I want similar.

Lead-tin solder can give off lead fumes at 450C, just as warm water can mist a mirror at well below 100C.

A big non-temperature controlled iron might reach 450C. Also if you solder using a naked flame (I do, it's not just useful for electrics) you will almost certainly go over 450C.

I use leaded solder, but have a fume extractor I use if doing a lot (chiefly for the rosin fumes - I have some non-rosin chlorine free solder and it's not as good as rosin cored).

[itu]

Every material gives matter to the air at the atomic level in nearly all temperatures. Like was the problem with 1 kg standard weight (in Paris, n'est-ce pas?). Sure, all amounts do mean a lot with a material like lead. A small fan is just so comfortable with any fumes, be it resin/rosin or metals.

[Stub Mandrel]

25 minutes ago, itu said:

Every material gives matter to the air at the atomic level in nearly all temperatures. Like was the problem with 1 kg standard weight (in Paris, n'est-ce pas?). Sure, all amounts do mean a lot with a material like lead. A small fan is just so comfortable with any fumes, be it resin/rosin or metals.

I 3D printed a housing for a computer fan, which holds a couple of squares of cooker-hood carbon filter and runs off a wall wart.

[Count Bassy]

9 hours ago, barkin said:

Because that's what you told them?

From their Terms & Conditions of Sale:

---x---

1.5 RS is a business-to-business supplier. The RS website is intended for use by business customers and not by private individuals acting as consumers (“Consumers”). 

---x---

Wow, you're really into your small print.

[barkin]

Not really, but if I'm signing up for something and agree to accept any terms that apply, I think it makes sense to find out what those terms are.