[sdiy] Reliability: Share your lessons learned

[David G. Dixon]

> Did I mention that I hate those stupid 2.1mm DC
> connectors too? Especially if they're soldered to the PCB - that's
> *asking* for trouble. Eventually the strains put on the socket will crack
> the solder joints and it'll stop working.

Everyone hates those!  IME, that's always the first thing that fails on a
laptop computer as well.  All hail Steve for the Mac magnetic power plug!

> Doesn't work:
> 	PCB mounting of commonly used jacks and connectors
> 	Cheap pots (although these are easily repaired)

Ditto on the cheap pots!  Concerning board-mounted jacks, I'm wondering just
how long all this cheap-ass Euro crap flooding the modular market is going
to last...  :)