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   Leon Fisk to Jim Wilkins   
   Re: Hello??   
   23 Sep 25 15:22:54   
   
   From: lfiskgr@gmail.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 22 Sep 2025 18:32:04 -0400   
   "Jim Wilkins"  wrote:   
      
      
   >The repair appears to have been quick and easy, a relay coil pin had visibly    
   >broken loose from the solder on the single-sided board. The failure was    
   >intermittent so time will tell. It measured connected, perhaps due to    
   >handling or being in the cool basement. The component lead forming    
   >intentionally allowed for thermal expansion and contraction, the small    
   >diodes had half loops in one end, but the relay was tight on the board.   
      
   Thanks for the update to what you found and likely repaired. If you   
   were to quit posting right now, in a few years or less I'd be hard   
   pressed to remember your name. But that little fix you made will be   
   stuck in my head till dementia kicks it out😆️   
      
   --    
   Leon Fisk   
   Grand Rapids  MI   
      
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