[R-390] Snap Crackle, Pop, and frying eggs

[Don Reaves]

And a bit of hot air from a reflow soldering station works on the other end
of the temperature scale.
In a past life I worked in a radio maintenance shop tracking down
intermittent problems in mobile 2 way radios.  Applying alternating heat
and cold to suspect devices became standard diagnostic techniques.



On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 10:35 PM, Tisha Hayes <tisha.hayes at gmail.com> wrote:

> Another technique you can try when looking for a bad resistor or cap that
> is right on the edge of failure. Freeze spray.
>
> First make sure that you are not toasting a filter (the killer cap). If you
> use freeze spray and a tiny squirt on a particular resistor or cap you will
> quickly find the offender when the snap, crackle, pop radically changes.
>
> *Ms. Tisha Hayes, AA4HA*
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