Re: How to build obsolescence into an appliance.

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From: Andy Cuffe
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 06:27

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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.
-- 
Andy Cuffe
baltimora@psu.edu

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