Re: Lead-free Solder ( continued ... )

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N Cook wrote:


Perhaps we should offer the following service. What would it be called
?
From after day one, after expiry of warranty, while fully working
order,
go
inside any kit at owner's request and pre-emptively rework the usual
suspects.

Sounds like a recipe for disaster if you ask me! If it aint broke, fix
it
till it is broke.

Ron(UK)

Hi Ron. Setting aside the tongue-in-cheek angle, when you think about it,
we
have always done this really, haven't we ? Certainly, whenever a piece of
kit comes into my shop, whilst fixing it, I will at least check all of
"the
usual suspects" - regulators, external connectors, power resistors,
transformers etc, and often rework the joints on them anyway, 'just in
case', particularly if there is any indication that they might be poor. I
guess it would fall under the description of "preventive maintenance" ...
??

Arfa



I wonder how many small heatsinks I've added to TO220 ps pass transistors at
the same time as having to resolder the overheated joints.


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