Re[4]: Tempest boards playing blind (and worse)...help!

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From: solarfox@texas.net
To: vectorlist@synthcom.com
Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2003 22:32:55 -0600
Subject: Re: Re[2]: VECTOR: Tempest boards playing blind (and worse)...help!

>
> On Thu, 9 Jan 2003 22:38:31 -0500 (EST), you wrote:
>
> >
> >Copper tape ? Like the stuff they use inside laptops/etc ?
> >
> >Will that really stay firmly attached to the PCB ?
>
> It depends on the kind you get. The stuff inside a laptop often
> doesn't have that strong an adhesive on it; you _can_ get (or at least you
> used to could get) copper tape with a very aggressive adhesive on the back
> side.
>
> Alternatively, you could try cementing a strip of it in place with
> something stronger, such as a thin layer of epoxy. (I wouldn't advise
> using Super-glue, though -- believe it or not, cyanoacrylate adhesives
> generally don't have very good shear (sideways force) strength, and shear
> force is what you'll be applying to that piece of tape as it goes in and
> out of the edge connector body; sooner or later it'll break loose.)
>

not forgeting that cyanocrylate also evaporates even when dry under the heat of the soldering iron.
and the vapor is VERY dangerous if you get it in your eyes!

when i used copper tape i removed the sticky stuff with isopropanol and held it on the pcb with epoxy.

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Received on Fri Jan 10 00:16:43 2003