> >
> >I don't expect much from Radio Shack, but this is almost=20
> criminal.  I=20
> >wonder how much damage he is responsible for?
>=20
> While I was working in quality control for a company (pcb=20
> assembly) that shall remain nameless,  I once found a set of=20
> boards that had had their 5A SMD fuses replaced with 6.5A SMD=20
> fuses during the assembly process.  I was doing second=20
> inspection (someone else had already inspected the boards) so=20
> I realized that there could be many more of these that had=20
> gone through another QC, so I took it to my supervisor, and=20
> he said "Hmm, lets see, 6.5A, so that won't blow before it's=20
> supposed to, right?"  I looked at him in horror for a few=20

Well, he was right.  It won't blow before it is supposed to.  It will
blow after. =20

:-)

What in the heck were you working on that had a 5A fuse?  Yeesh.

Alex

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