resoldering circuit boards

[Neil Morrison]

I bought a used photo analyser which was about 30+ years old. I almost
immediately spotted an unsoldered PC connection!
I own an RCA TV (never buy RCA) which apparently has the nightmare rivet
system. I have to whack it regularly to keep it running, as to repair it
will require some very severe dismantling of solder joints.

Regards,

Neil

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sandy and Kees Talen" <windy10605 at JUNO.COM>


> I agree with Murray, visual inspection of kits is important and
> resoldering everything after you find multiple cold solder joints
> will probably catch several more. On one SB-xxx unit I found
> 3 UNsoldered joints. When new, they apparently made "good"
> contact, after 30 years they became intermittant.
>
> And since they were kits, not fully tested to specs, you never
> know if they EVER worked right.
>
> 73s  Kees K5BCQ

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