On Mon, 4 Jun 2007 19:38:25 -0400, "Tom Del Rosso"
wrote:
"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
Was it just one bad via on one board, or a whole bad batch? Philco
had a factory in Mexico that had lots of problems with consumer
electronics, and Delco made a MAJOR design mistake when they used
"Griplets" instead of plated through holes in a series of car radios.
What makes eyelets or griplets so much less reliable? Expansion? I don't
see a reason why they should break more than a connection to a lead does.
Of course they have the disadvantage of only connecting outer layers.
Back in my discrete days I used copper eyelets for connecting large
gauge high current wires.
The military balk because the solder _under_ the eyelet can't be
inspected.
...Jim Thompson
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