In <v04220801b90db9fc03e1@[192.168.1.100]>, on 05/19/02 at 04:59 PM,
Joe Gwinn <joegwinn@xxxxxxxxx> said:
>Before I knew any better, in the 1950s I assembled a Heathkit
>vacuum-tube voltmeter kit using plumbers solder and plumbers flux
>(rather than radio solder), and it worked fine and never failed. I
>probably still have it, though it became obsolete and fell into disuse
>years ago. Probably the electrolytic capacitors have failed by now.
Thank you; you provided the best kind of education...you told an
interesting story that informed us of something we didn't know before!
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les clark / edgewater, nj / usa
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