Re:Glowing mercury thyratrons: inside a 1940s Teletype switc...
by chiph on Monday September 10, 2018 @08:45PM
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I briefly considered taking one of the cards along to my high-reliability soldering class just to provoke a reaction from the instructor.. But figured it might bring down attention from On High into the state of our circuit cards and that wouldn't have been good. Besides, they lasted 5+ years like that before needing replacement. We pretty much only replaced them when the boards became brittle from the heat.
That's partly why I built a switching supply interface. Far less heat. Small box, no ventilation required.