[mythtv-users] OT - Cold Solder Joints, was: Small issues solved.

[George Galt]

On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 12:15 PM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
>
>  On Apr 18, 2008, at 8:57 PM, Andreas Witte wrote:
>  >>
>  >
>  > Long, long time ago i got an old monitor, that got failures everywhere
>  > around. As i watch inside, i was shocked how bad that all was
>  > soldered.
>  > I resolder every pin on every board in this monitor. Back to Power:
>  > All problems was solved for years - until it died.
>  >
>  > Some think soldering is something like baking a cookie i believe... :)
>
>  Heathkit (remember them?) once said that over 90% of the units
>  returned to them as "defective" were simply victims of poor soldering.
>
>  NASA has (or at least had) a special school for soldering, having
>  learned that it was a major cause of problems.
>
>  Consistent soldering was a major reason manufacturers moved to printed
>  circuit technology.
>
>  Hand soldering is a vanishing art, and you certainly can't hire a good
>  solderer for minimum wage.
>
>  beww
>
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My wife spent a summer soldering circuit boards for HP at a plant in
France.  While I'm the geek around the house, whether its pipes or
circuits, whenever something  needs to be soldered, I give it to her.