User: morgad

Re:Tin Whiskers are fact

On: Tin Whiskers — Fact Or Fiction?

This, of course, is not always what happens. The whiskers, being very fine, don't have much current carrying capacity so they are quite likely to just vaporize. Nevertheless, there is risk. see http://nepp.nasa.gov/npsl/Prohibited/tin_prohibition.htm (look at catagory 3)
you can get currents of 100's of Amps