Just for future reference, what brand and/or model of TV typically hasn't
had a component failure in 15 years?

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James Newton mailto:jamesnewton@geocities.com 1-619-652-0593


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[mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Roman Black
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 11:52
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: [EE]: Automotive Circuit Protection

<SNIP>

I work all day fixing 2 year old TVs with multiple blown semis,
then I sometimes get a 15 year old TV with dry joints. Why has
it failed with dry joints? Because in 15 years it has NEVER had a
component failure. The weakest link was the actual metal properties
of the solder itself. There's an engineer that did his job! :o)
-Roman

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