[ale] OT: Problem mixing gold and tin contacts

[Greg Clifton]

Hey Jim,

You forgot Hot is on the left, Cold is on the right. But you are quite right
about American (Non)Standard fixtures.

GC

On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 5:36 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> When in doubt, anneal them all. a few seconds with a small torch will
> relieve any and plating stresses for a long time.
>
> It's like the plumbing fixture company American Standard.
>
> They aren't.
>
> The only thing "standard" about plumbing are the rules on gravity and
> pressure
> 1. Crap flows downhill
> 2. Pressure makes little leaks into big leaks.
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 5:21 PM, Scott Castaline <skotchman at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On 04/26/2010 04:52 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
>> > The old tin contacts had lead in them. lead to gold contact was not
>> > good. The new tin contacts don't have lead. tin to gold contact is OK.
>> >
>> > The tin has other problems (whiskering - http://nepp.nasa.gov/WHISKER/)
>> >
>> So I shouldn't have any problems mixing gold plated berg pins with tin
>> plated berg pins as long as they are lead-free?
>>
>> This project which started out as a simple one has become a major issue.
>> There are so many look-alike berg pins and they are not interchangeable.
>> I found that Berg Mfg is now part of FCI. The male and female pins i got
>> at Fry's do not fit into the rectangular female receptacle from Digi-Key
>> that were made by FCI. However the FCI pins will. At a quick glance they
>> both look the same, but taking a real close look (In my case I had to
>> put on 2 pairs of +225 reading magnifiers) they are different. So much
>> for a rose is a rose........
>> > On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Scott Castaline <skotchman at gmail.com
>> > <mailto:skotchman at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> >
>> >     Anyone know if it is still and issue using tin contacts with gold
>> >     contacts? I remember it was several years back with memory simms,
>> but
>> >     I'm being told that it no longer holds true.
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