[Elecraft] trimming relay leads

Kevin Cozens [email protected]
Sun Aug 4 01:02:01 2002


At 08:09 PM 08/03/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>Which is why this is such an interesting question. Soldered to the PCB,
>I couldn't see how trimming the leads could harm the relay, yet the
>manual cautions against doing that.

Its probably to avoid the case of someone misreading the manual and not 
realizing that they can trim the relay leads but only AFTER the relays are 
soldered in place. Stating that trimming should not be done avoids the 
problems and support headaches that could otherwise arise.


Cheers!

Kevin.  (http://www.interlog.com/~kcozens/)

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