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Subject: [motm] Re: vias question

From: media.nai@...
Date: 2003-04-10

>Use the no clean solder. Not all the user guides explicitly tell
>you to fill in the via holes but it's proper procedure to do it.
>I've actually gone back to a few modules I finished to fill them in
>which meant taking it apart to get at the back of the board.

OK :) I didn't know if "no clean" was safe.

>I don't know the answer to the 100pF caps. I'm confident that Paul
>has a good reason to not wash them.

I wonder what that is...

>As far as the caps, I think its because the leads are very thin and
>fragile and might break off when scrubbing.

I don't think it's that. I've been scrubbing the same set of teeth
with the same type of brush for over thirty years, and haven't broke
anything yet.