[R-390] Advice on Replacjng Components

[kirklandb at sympatico.ca]

I tend to adjust my methodology according to whether I think the part in question will
 lead to catastrophic failure or not, e.g. power supply caps, high voltage decoupling caps 
where a cap short to ground will take out an inductor that I cant easily replace.

Then there are those parts that you know that if you place them, you will have endless grief,
 like in VFOs/PTO's, temp compensating etc.

> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:50:25 -0500
> From: jamminpower at earthlink.net
> To: r-390 at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [R-390] Advice on Replacjng Components
> 
>   Of course, I agree with all the good advice about understanding the 
> problem first, knowing what you are doing, and being careful about 
> rework in general. I would like to add one thing:
> 
> Every 60-year-old part you leave in the receiver is a time bomb waiting 
> to fail. They weren't designed to last that long. If there is a choice 
> between replacing the component or spending 15 more minutes testing it, 
> just replace it. It will save you countless minutes re-finding it when 
> it goes bad 10 years from now.
> 
> Just my humble opinion, of course.
> 
> -- 
> James A. (Andy) Moorer
> www.jamminpower.com
> 
>