RE: Testing for dry joints - :)

...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject:Re: Testing for dry joints Chris, So I give up - just what exactly is a dry joint? Scott At 09:55 AM 10/9/2002 +0100, Chris Chileshe wrote: Hi Group, Probably not the appropriate forum but here goes anyway. A colleague is finding numerous problems with subtle dry joints

RE: Testing for dry joints - Thank you

Thank you everyone for your very informed replies on the subject. 'Endurance' and 'use' does indeed involve vibration. The units are used on off-highway heavy duty vehicles and forklifts. The contacts are not gold-plated and I am glad I didn't make that clear because the info forthcoming (Thank

Re: Testing for dry joints

I read in !emc-pstc that Chris Chileshe chris.chile...@ultronics.com wrote (in 01c26f7a.00510c40.chris.chile...@ultronics.com) about 'Testing for dry joints' on Wed, 9 Oct 2002: The specific problem is that the joints appear to be electrically sound to start with, meaning the units are getting

Testing for dry joints

Dear Chris, If I remember correctly from my days in Britain's National Coal Board, thermal imagers and other temperature sensors were used to check cable joints underground. Poor connections had a higher resistance, and were thus hotter, than their neighbours. I don't know whether such a test

RE: Testing for dry joints

To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Testing for dry joints Hi Group, Probably not the appropriate forum but here goes anyway. A colleague is finding numerous problems with subtle dry joints (partial) between connectors and PCBs and is wondering if there is a way - short of new procedures

Testing for dry joints

Hi Group, Probably not the appropriate forum but here goes anyway. A colleague is finding numerous problems with subtle dry joints (partial) between connectors and PCBs and is wondering if there is a way - short of new procedures in process control - that dry joints can be tested for? The