Re: Cold solder joints.

While performing an interpretive dance to Enya's Carribean Blue,
Turbo-Torch exclaimed:

On Sat, 08 Apr 2006 16:31:51 -0700, G C <79flh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


I wouldn't worry about the Electrolytics as much as the ceramics, but
they are cheap enough I would replace them all.

Why would you worry more about the ceramics than electrolytics?
Ceramic caps rarely fail, electrolytics leak/dry up with age. I've
got about a half dozen cap kits here for various WG and Electrohome
arcade monitors and not one kit contains a single ceramic cap.

George
CX500 TURBO
CX650 TURBO
'04 Hayabusa


Wells Gardner, there's a name I haven't heard in awhile.
Got out of servicing Vids, pins and jukes in the early '90s.
What company do you work for if you don't mind me asking?

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