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Article #1093Re: How to build obsolescence into an appliance.
From: Phil Allison
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2002 00:28
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2002 00:28
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"Franc Zabkar" <franczabkar@dinggoblue.net.au> wrote in message
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> I'd be more worried about the glue that some manufacturers use to hold
> components in place. Over time this glue dries out and becomes
> conductive, causing all sorts of intermittent faults.
* 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
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