26 Jan
1998
26 Jan
'98
3:39 a.m.
Major snipe!
You know, I have long argued that this stuff
decomposed over time,
but I never got any hard evidence on this. All I know is, that when
I worked for FLUKE in the early 80's, it was SOP to remove all traces
of flux from assemblies after they were repaired. The metrology guys
figured it helped long-term repeatability and drift.
Old habits are hard to break.
Jeff
Well, this was not certainly old habits, I have very inate
(unatural) strong intinitive (6th sense) of noticing something is
amiss and fix by anormal manner.
When I come across any equipment that is years or 1 year old, scraped
the flux, it came off like 3 days old icing in clumps and bit sticky.
When scraping the freshly, seconds old, soldered joint with too much
flux, chips and shatters like a glass.
So, still wants to know.
Jason D.
email: jpero(a)cgo.wave.ca
Pero, Jason D.