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- From: tmeikle@ccinet.ab.ca (Trevor Meikle)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Battery Acid Timebomb
- Date: 30 Jan 1996 20:34:26 GMT
- Organization: CCI Networks, a division of Corporate Computers Inc.
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- On 29-Jan-96 16:44:59, Jonathan Gapen said somthing about Re: Battery Acid Timebomb:
- >In article <4efa0d$apr@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> claevius@prairienet.org (Brent
- >Busby) writes:
- >>
- >> One possible plan that I've thought of was to maybe clip off the
- >> battery claw on both sides as far away from the motherboard as possible,
- >> leaving stubs, to which wires could be carefully soldered using low heat.
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- > I would think you'd want to use a high heat setting!
- > If you solder computer components with a low watt iron, then you have to
- >leave the tip in contact with the traces for a long time to get the solder to
- >melt properly for a good connection, or risk a cold joint. That'll heat up
- >the components. Using a high watt iron, you can get the solder to melt
- >almost immediately, get a good joint, and not heat up the surrounding
- >components.
- > At least, that's what I've been told, and that's my experience.
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- You are correct. Generally we use a heat setting of around 650F to
- 680F for all pc board work.
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- Trevor Meikle Email: tmeikle@ccinet.ab.ca
- Power to the AMIGA From Medley, Alberta, Canada, Eh?
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