Hi Real solder has lead in it to eliminate tin whiskers.
We're going to see a lot of stuff die in the coming years from these little critters. Bob -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Magnus Danielson Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 4:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [time-nuts] SRS PRS10 problem On 02/16/2011 10:31 PM, paul swed wrote: > Well a couple answers. > If those are RB whiskers try the heat gun at 300 degrees on it for 15 > minutes. As Magnus suggests and I just tried for the first time. It actually > worked and I recovered the rb lamp. While the heat gun on the Rb lamp is a nice trick, the whiskers most likely is nothing but traditional tin whiskers. A bit of re-soldering to remove bad metal and replacement of burned transistor is where I would start. Cheers, Magnus _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
