From: clare@snyder.on.ca   
      
   On Tue, 23 Sep 2025 15:22:54 -0400, Leon Fisk    
   wrote:   
      
   >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??   
     First thing to do when troubleshooting power circuit boards is look   
   for bad solder joints - and if you don't find any, resolder EVERY   
   JOINT. Fixed about 80%.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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