Doug,
Next you'll tell us the component was radioactive, made of some 'surplus'
material. Like all that gold jewelry that found itself on the market way back
when.
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From: Doug Smith d...@emcesd.com
To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG
Subject: Re: [PSES] Melting BNC
In message 20120210073151.54d66...@m0005312.ppops.net, dated Fri, 10
Feb 2012, Macy m...@basicisp.net writes:
Next you'll tell us the component was radioactive, made of some
'surplus' material. Like all that gold jewelry that found itself on the
market way back when.
Polonium melts at 254
From: Macy [mailto:m...@basicisp.net]
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 07:32
Next you'll tell us the component was radioactive, made
of some 'surplus' material. Like all that gold jewelry
that found itself on the market way back when.
or the cheese graters from not so very long ago.
This
RoHS compliant pewter?
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From: John Woodgate [mailto:j...@jmwa.demon.co.uk]
Sent: 09 February 2012 06:36
To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG
Subject: Re: [PSES] Melting BNC connectors
In message 4f335a4b.4000...@emcesd.com, dated Wed, 8 Feb 2012, Doug
Smith d...@emcesd.com
In message 07D4FF89DF924FC286DB1C551A1EA11E@LENVOR61iJOHN, dated Thu,
9 Feb 2012, John Cotman john.cot...@conformance.co.uk writes:
RoHS compliant pewter?
Yes: lead used to be included in lower-grade material but has been
eliminated from European pewter. From Wikipedia:
QUOTE
Pewter is a
Doug, you could do all of us a great service if you mentioned what how
the connector was marked, or where it was sourced.
We all take short cuts every so often, so a Buyer Beware with a bit more
details will be appreciated.
Cheers,
N. Shani
Ottawa, ON
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 00:31, Doug Smith
The better quality bnc connectors are usually nickel-plated brass. If you
scrape a small area the brass color will show under bright light. Also,
many of the cheaper connectors use dielectric material that will soften
during soldering.
Scott B. Lacey
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In message
cafcezxnyxbsra+tug1lb0crgdn-vn7ew4oigzapx3a+woqk...@mail.gmail.com,
dated Thu, 9 Feb 2012, N.Shani nshani...@gmail.com writes:
Doug, you could do all of us a great service if you mentioned what
how the connector was marked, or where it was sourced.
We all take short cuts every so
Hi John and the group,
There were no markings of any kind on the devices. I bought several from
a surplus house here in Silicon Valley so the source is unknown. Easy
problem to test for though, buy one first, heat it up, results obvious.
Doug
On 2/9/12 5:52 AM, John Woodgate wrote:
In
Hi Everyone,
I have been traveling and am a few days late on my latest Technical
Tidbit. Here are the details:
Technical Tidbit - February 2012
The Melted BNC Adapter
This month's Technical Tidbit
describes an
In message 4f335a4b.4000...@emcesd.com, dated Wed, 8 Feb 2012, Doug
Smith d...@emcesd.com writes:
Who would have guessed that the metal portion of BNC hardware could
melt from the heat of soldering!
The body is probably made of pewter - tin with a small amount of other
metals. 100 years
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