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   Diesel to All   
   Re: What is inside an LED "starter"   
   01 Mar 19 04:23:22   
   
   XPost: alt.home.repair, uk.d-i-y   
   From: nobody@haph.org   
      
   "Commander Kinsey"    
   news:op.zxki3ch6wdg98l@desktop-ga2mpl8.lan Thu, 21 Feb 2019 15:39:02   
   GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote:   
      
   > On Thu, 21 Feb 2019 02:45:48 -0000, Diesel    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> "William Gothberg" <"William Gothberg"@internet.co.is>   
   >> news:op.zuaephp9o5piw3@desktop-ga2mpl8.lan Wed, 19 Dec 2018   
   >> 20:47:31 GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Not expensive enough to bother.  I often buy brand new caps on   
   >>> Ebay for peanuts (just got a couple to repair 2 switched mode   
   >>> PSUs - one for a monitor and one for an insect zapper).  Used   
   >>> ones wouldn't be worth much.   
   >>   
   >> Ahh. What is your preferred desoldering method? Have you used any   
   >> of the new SMP quikchip stuff yet?   
   >   
   > I ain't a pro solderer.  I do nowt special.  I can desolder and   
   > resolder surface mount LEDs though.   
   >   
      
   That's touching. I can desolder two usb ports in under a minute without   
   damaging the board or the ports. I could have gotten the other two off   
   the donor board within another 30-45 seconds or so.   
      
      
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