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vidjoman · 13th Jan 2019, 8:02 pm

Philips used a brass eyelet in their early CD players to link the earth plane through the PCBs. Not reliable as the expansion of the brass caused bad joints and many strange faults. We used to drill through them and fit a wire link soldered near the eyelet to cure the problem.

13th Jan 2019, 8:02 pm	#3
vidjoman Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: East Sussex, UK. Posts: 3,325	Re: Through Hole PCB repairs with miniature eyelets: Philips used a brass eyelet in their early CD players to link the earth plane through the PCBs. Not reliable as the expansion of the brass caused bad joints and many strange faults. We used to drill through them and fit a wire link soldered near the eyelet to cure the problem.