[sdiy] water clean solder

[harry]

Hi Andre (and all)

Don't get me wrong... I mentioned the AMP Diplomate Dual Leaf sockets.

NOT all the other cheap leaf sockets... which I would NEVER use.

The AMP grasp the leads on the wide, flat side of the pin... from both
inside and outside.  The spring acts in compression  (I'll say cantelever...
and if
I'm wrong everyone can enjoy flaming me...)

The CHEAP ones grasp the IC pins from the edges... and use the spring contacts
in
tension. They suck... IMHO

Beware... AMP makes (or made) an even cheaper version, with the spring only on
the outside. I don't like these either.

I also see a lot of "tulip" sockets where the assembly people don't get the
pins in right.  OTOH... this is possible with the AMP also... but you will
probably get the
outside spring connected anyway. This was the case in my ProOne... where the
D/A
converter had the two LSB pins bent under, and making contact only on the edge.

I got it for $60 taking the chance that parts were broken that were not
replaceable.

Imagine my joy when I opened it up and found that !!!

H^) harry

Andre Majorel wrote:

> On 2001-12-29 00:05 -0500, harry wrote:
>
> > If you use the little gold plated screw-machine sockets... don't use them
> >
> > If you use sockets such as AMP Diplomate dual leaf sockets
> > (tin-lead plating) then do it. The very high retention force of
> > these sockets gives a gas-tight seal and the wiping action as
> > you plug them in is excellent. They are maybe $.06 - $.10 each.
> > Well worth it IMHO. Its nice to have them as a troubleshooting
> > aid...
>
> You're the first person I've ever heard to claim that the cheap
> leaf sockets are better than the tulip ones. :-)
>
> All tulip sockets I've seen had higher insertion (and removal)
> force than any leaf socket.
>
> --
> André Majorel <amajorel at teaser.fr>
> http://www.teaser.fr/~amajorel/

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