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Article #1078Re: How to build obsolescence into an appliance.
From: Phil Allison
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 12:12
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 12:12
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"Andy Cuffe" <baltimora@psu.edu> wrote in message
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> Phil Allison wrote:
>
> > * The famous yellow glue problem!
> >
> > It goes brown and hard over time and with heat, then becomes both
> > conductive and corrosive to metal.
> >
> > Only the Asian makers seem to use it and they never ever learn that
it
> > is
> > bad news.
> >
> > You have to scrape if off and replace all corroded parts. I have
seen it
> > usen in a Yamaha SMPS and did it cause some trouble!
> >
> > Regards, Phil
>
> Are they still using this? I haven't noticed it in anything newer than
> about 10-12 years old.
** Not sure, don't see too much newish stuff myself but have seen the
"yellow peril" in gear maybe 6 years old. It takes a while to do its Dr
Jekyll and Mr Hyde trick so 10 years old might not be far off.
Regards, Phil
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