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Boater Sam · 16th Jan 2019, 2:47 am

For a indeterminate length of time it may be absolutely fine.

There must be a few that don't succumb to the whiskers, but how would you know which, when, if they go down?

I've cooked a few with the iron and they seem to work, but for how long?
It has been established by NASA and others that the whisker growth is a continuous process so they all should fail repeatedly.
I have uncanned a couple, that works but its a pfaff and a half.

16th Jan 2019, 2:47 am	#2
Boater Sam Banned Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Middlewich, Cheshire, UK. & Winter in the Philippines. Posts: 3,897	Re: Testing an AF117 transistor For a indeterminate length of time it may be absolutely fine. There must be a few that don't succumb to the whiskers, but how would you know which, when, if they go down? I've cooked a few with the iron and they seem to work, but for how long? It has been established by NASA and others that the whisker growth is a continuous process so they all should fail repeatedly. I have uncanned a couple, that works but its a pfaff and a half.