On 09-Feb-2002 Tothwolf wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Tony Duell wrote:
[many good ideas]
>> > intense heat. I've used a dremel tool to cut/grind away carbonized
areas
>> > of boards and replace it with new material or wire jumpers. This is a
Good point, when I'm at the university next week, I'll try to remove the
charred areas around the diode.
>> You might be able to etch a 'patch' -- a small PCB that can be fitted
>> into a hole cut in the original and then joined up. It would be worth
>> doing that if the original PCB was SRBP (the replacement could be
>> glassfibre).
>
> I've done just that. In a pinch, grid-board and some patience can work too
> ;)
Thanks for all your suggestions, but replacing the defective parts isn't the
most pressing problem. The real problem is to locate them among the
hundreds of working components ;-)
bye
--
Sanity is the trademark of a weak mind.
-- Mark Harrold
Received on Sat Feb 09 2002 - 06:55:34 GMT