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Michael A. Terrell Michael A. Terrell is offline
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Default Fifty year-old Sanyo transistor radio still works perfectly - shouldI be surprised?


"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

Jeff Liebermann wrote:

Dry joints? I've never had to lubricate my solder connections.


It's what describes a failed solder joint as well as anything - they can
look sort of dried out.



That is called a 'cold solder joint' in the US, because it is
typically caused by too low of a soldering temperature to make a good
joint.


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