At 06:06 AM 2/6/2006 -0700, you wrote:

>I spent 6 weeks solving failures on financial instruments (CC readers)
>and identified the
>1N4148 across a telecom relay as the primary problem... it was shorting
>after a few months
>in service, and taking out the internal fuse on the PCB. The fix was to
>use GE TVS in place
>of the 1N4148.

Interesting. Were they concentrated geographically or by production lot?

>Its OK, Spehro, Sorry I snapped...I am just reacting to my experience.
>We agree on almost
>everything else.  An item here and there won't hurt.

Absolutely! No problem, mon.

Best regards,

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