http://nepp.nasa.gov/whisker/
I've fixed two cell phones for friends and I have a very nice MP3 player I got for $1. Each was fixed with a stiff brush with a combination of compressed air (outside) and a vac inside. -pete PS if you do the air thing don't forget about static use a ionizer. On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 1:58 PM, Bob Camp <li...@rtty.us> wrote: > Hi > > Real solder has lead in it to eliminate tin whiskers. > > We're going to see a lot of stuff die in the coming years from these little > critters. > > Bob > > -----Original Message----- > From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On > Behalf Of Magnus Danielson > Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 4:55 PM > To: time-nuts@febo.com > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] SRS PRS10 problem > > On 02/16/2011 10:31 PM, paul swed wrote: >> Well a couple answers. >> If those are RB whiskers try the heat gun at 300 degrees on it for 15 >> minutes. As Magnus suggests and I just tried for the first time. It > actually >> worked and I recovered the rb lamp. > > While the heat gun on the Rb lamp is a nice trick, the whiskers most > likely is nothing but traditional tin whiskers. A bit of re-soldering to > remove bad metal and replacement of burned transistor is where I would > start. > > Cheers, > Magnus > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.