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- From: cstadbg@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Mr M J Brown)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: Heat gun pcb cannabalization
- Date: 26 Jan 1993 16:18:41 -0000
- Organization: Computing Services, University of Warwick, UK
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- Message-ID: <1k3o91INNovl@lily.csv.warwick.ac.uk>
- References: <1jebh6INNie7@clover.csv.warwick.ac.uk> <651@rins.ryukoku.ac.jp> <C1EuMK.49w@sci.kun.nl>
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- Keywords: Heat gun, charring, lack_of_skill, try_again_maybe
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- In article <C1EuMK.49w@sci.kun.nl> pieterh@sci.kun.nl (Peter Herweijer) writes:
- >
- >Using the very same method, I have successfully stripped a bunch of
- >computer boards of their components, including Z80 CPU's and 8255 PIO's.
- >Everything worked fine. I did it with a friend, he heated the PCB, I
- >pulled out the components and immediately threw them in a bucket of
- >water to cool them off, but I don't know if that's necessary. One tip
- >though: do it outside. The fumes stink and are probably not healthy.
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- I think the bucket of water would cool them down too quickly, this could
- cause mechanical stresses. I leave them in a cardboard box lid on the bench
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- Definitely do it outdoors, or in a workshop near the door, wide open.
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