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Old 10-26-2009, 02:55 PM
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Default re: How to Repair Relay Control Module (RCM) - (Mystery no Start)

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I see this all the time in both Motorola and competitive equipment: they use the MINIMUM amount of solder to build the assembly.

They teach you to "not depend on solder for physical strength, always tie down and secure connections, boards, etc."
Which is stupid, cause....They also teach you to use the minimum amount of solder that will "do the job".

I spend a LOT of time resoldering broken connections in radios, sirens, lighting control boxes and other crap we put into police and fire vehicles. I must say, some stuff STILL comes back in a few years, no matter how much solder I use or how hard I try to "make it right".

But the fact remains, if you flow enough on there like in tight's "Me So Horny" modification pictures - you WILL have less trouble.