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Resoldering = Fosterizing 200 1989

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posted by  Art Benstein on  Fri Apr 25 17:01 CST 2003
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Seems like all the transistorized "relays" in the volvos are made in the same fashion. I'm convinced they are bad out of the box; newness does not equal goodness, but Fosterization makes them better than new.

Stupid manufacturing decisions to save a nickel can ruin a product or even a brand. For all the years these relays were made and caused Euro cars to leave their occupants stranded, you'd think a change would have been made.

You'd think surface mount would be making products more reliable. Computers and monitors are. But I still have to disassemble brand new consumer "toys" and apply soldering iron with annoying frequency.

With apologies to Don Foster,
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Art Benstein near Baltimore






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