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Colin Marsh
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Victoria
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Reg: 01-2015

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Saturday, February 23, 2019 - 10:38 am, by:  Colin Marsh (Cgmarsh)

Hi Mike. What a prick of a job. Non-lead solder doesn't flow very well second time around and takes 2 to 4 times to solder and suck to break legs free. Had to take my de-solder station to over 400 deg to try to get solder to flow, just so's I could take it off again. I don't like doing that because, as I am sure you know, lands just fall off the board. I am currently about 1/2 way there and lifted a land on C113. It is right beside the dreaded HC345 that you mentioned. Do you know if C110 and C113 connect to track that goes under the HC345?. I don't think so, but it would be a bummer to have to come back later. I don't want to lift it if I don't have to.

Not sure what Japan was thinking about when they covered the boards in lacquer. Looks pretty though. Several squirts of IPA kinda fixes that though, LOL. Also, quite a "nice" touch, soldering the screws to the board that has the hardest to get at cap. Straight out of Management 101, "Minimum effort for maximum inconvenience".....

BTW Peter, no leaks at all.

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